#56249B#56249B

#56249B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.179 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56249B
RGB	rgb(86, 36, 155)
HSL	hsl(265, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(265, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 76.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.40, 47.66, -55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.40, 73.37, 310.51°)
OKLab	oklab(40.42% 0.0799 -0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(40.42% 0.179 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.3835, 5.6065, 31.5391)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56249B #699B24

analogous

#242D9B #56249B #92249B

triadic

#56249B #9B5624 #249B56

tetradic

#56249B #9B242D #699B24 #249B92

square

#56249B #9B242D #699B24 #249B92

split-complementary

#56249B #9B9224 #2D9B24

monochromatic

#1F0D38 #3A1869 #56249B #7230CD #935FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#56249B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#56249B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56249B

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56249B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56249B	1.00	9.90	2.12	9.90
#FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56249b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 36, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.179 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d64b9',
    500: '#56249b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56249b;
$custom-light: #8d64b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56249b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.21,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40424,
    "c": 0.17858,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56249B

secondary

#95BF5C

accent

#E542A1

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #56249B

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

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