#56239E#56239E

#56239E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.183 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56239E
RGB	rgb(86, 35, 158)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.6%, 77.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.51, 48.89, -57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.51, 75.42, 310.41°)
OKLab	oklab(40.59% 0.0799 -0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(40.59% 0.183 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.6087, 5.6489, 32.8725)
Luminance	0.0565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56239E #6B9E23

analogous

#232D9E #56239E #93239E

triadic

#56239E #9E5623 #239E56

tetradic

#56239E #9E232D #6B9E23 #239E93

square

#56239E #9E232D #6B9E23 #239E93

split-complementary

#56239E #9E9323 #2D9E23

monochromatic

#1F0D3A #3B186C #56239E #712ED0 #9360DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#56239E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#56239E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56239E

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56239E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56239E	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56239e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 35, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.183 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d64bc',
    500: '#56239e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56239e;
$custom-light: #8d64bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56239e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.878,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40585,
    "c": 0.18292,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56239E

secondary

#97C15C

accent

#E741A2

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #56239E

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

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