#56239D#56239D

#56239D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.182 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56239D
RGB	rgb(86, 35, 157)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 77.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.42, 48.63, -56.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.42, 74.90, 310.48°)
OKLab	oklab(40.49% 0.0802 -0.1632)
OKLCH	oklch(40.49% 0.182 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.5230, 5.6146, 32.4210)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56239D #6A9D23

analogous

#232D9D #56239D #93239D

triadic

#56239D #9D5623 #239D56

tetradic

#56239D #9D232D #6A9D23 #239D93

square

#56239D #9D232D #6A9D23 #239D93

split-complementary

#56239D #9D9323 #2D9D23

monochromatic

#1F0D39 #3B186B #56239D #712ECF #935FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#56239D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#56239D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56239D

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56239D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56239D	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56239d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 35, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.182 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d64bb',
    500: '#56239d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56239d;
$custom-light: #8d64bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56239d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.082,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40494,
    "c": 0.18182,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56239D

secondary

#96C05C

accent

#E741A1

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #56239D

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

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