#56248B#56248B

#56248B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.161 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56248B
RGB	rgb(86, 36, 139)
HSL	hsl(269, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 74.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.03, 43.50, -48.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.03, 64.89, 312.09°)
OKLab	oklab(39.04% 0.0836 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(39.04% 0.161 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.1277, 5.1042, 24.9254)
Luminance	0.0510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56248B #598B24

analogous

#24268B #56248B #8A248B

triadic

#56248B #8B5624 #248B56

tetradic

#56248B #8B2426 #598B24 #248B8A

square

#56248B #8B2426 #598B24 #248B8A

split-complementary

#56248B #8B8A24 #268B24

monochromatic

#1A0B2A #38175A #56248B #7431BC #9356D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.39

#56248B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#56248B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56248B

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56248B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56248B	1.00	10.39	2.02	10.39
#FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56248b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 36, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.161 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b64ae',
    500: '#56248b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56248b;
$custom-light: #8b64ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56248b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.126,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39036,
    "c": 0.1608,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56248B

secondary

#87B753

accent

#E24696

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56248B

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

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