#56239A#56239A

#56239A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.179 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56239A
RGB	rgb(86, 35, 154)
HSL	hsl(266, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(266, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 77.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.15, 47.85, -55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.15, 73.34, 310.73°)
OKLab	oklab(40.22% 0.081 -0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(40.22% 0.179 297)
XYZ	xyz(10.2700, 5.5134, 31.0887)
Luminance	0.0551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56239A #679A23

analogous

#232C9A #56239A #92239A

triadic

#56239A #9A5623 #239A56

tetradic

#56239A #9A232C #679A23 #239A92

square

#56239A #9A232C #679A23 #239A92

split-complementary

#56239A #9A9223 #2C9A23

monochromatic

#1E0C36 #3A1868 #56239A #722ECC #935DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.99

#56239A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#56239A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56239A

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56239A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56239A	1.00	9.99	2.10	9.99
#FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56239a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 35, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.179 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c64b9',
    500: '#56239a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56239a;
$custom-light: #8c64b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56239a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40224,
    "c": 0.17855,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.05514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56239A

secondary

#94BF5A

accent

#E642A0

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #56239A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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