#56239C#56239C

#56239C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.181 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56239C
RGB	rgb(86, 35, 156)
HSL	hsl(265, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 77.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.33, 48.37, -56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.33, 74.38, 310.56°)
OKLab	oklab(40.4% 0.0804 -0.1618)
OKLCH	oklch(40.4% 0.181 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.4379, 5.5806, 31.9733)
Luminance	0.0558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56239C #699C23

analogous

#232D9C #56239C #92239C

triadic

#56239C #9C5623 #239C56

tetradic

#56239C #9C232D #699C23 #239C92

square

#56239C #9C232D #699C23 #239C92

split-complementary

#56239C #9C9223 #2D9C23

monochromatic

#1F0D38 #3A186A #56239C #722ECE #935EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.92

#56239C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#56239C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56239C

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56239C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56239C	1.00	9.92	2.12	9.92
#FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56239c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 35, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.181 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d64ba',
    500: '#56239c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56239c;
$custom-light: #8d64ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56239c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.289,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40404,
    "c": 0.18073,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56239C

secondary

#95C05B

accent

#E641A1

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #56239C

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

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