#56239B#56239B

#56239B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.180 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56239B
RGB	rgb(86, 35, 155)
HSL	hsl(266, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(266, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 77.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.24, 48.11, -56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.24, 73.86, 310.64°)
OKLab	oklab(40.31% 0.0807 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(40.31% 0.18 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.3536, 5.5468, 31.5291)
Luminance	0.0555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56239B #689B23

analogous

#232C9B #56239B #92239B

triadic

#56239B #9B5623 #239B56

tetradic

#56239B #9B232C #689B23 #239B92

square

#56239B #9B232C #689B23 #239B92

split-complementary

#56239B #9B9223 #2C9B23

monochromatic

#1F0C37 #3A1869 #56239B #722ECD #935EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#56239B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#56239B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56239B

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56239B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56239B	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56239b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 35, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.180 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d64b9',
    500: '#56239b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56239b;
$custom-light: #8d64b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56239b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40314,
    "c": 0.17964,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56239B

secondary

#94BF5A

accent

#E642A0

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #56239B

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

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