#56255B#56255B

#56255B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.106 H 323.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56255B
RGB	rgb(86, 37, 91)
HSL	hsl(294, 42%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(294, 59%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 59.3%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.86, 31.47, -22.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.86, 38.71, 324.40°)
OKLab	oklab(35.68% 0.0853 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(35.68% 0.106 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.3875, 4.0572, 10.3422)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56255B #2A5B25

analogous

#3B255B #56255B #5B2545

triadic

#56255B #5B5625 #255B56

tetradic

#56255B #5B3B25 #2A5B25 #25455B

square

#56255B #5B3B25 #2A5B25 #25455B

split-complementary

#56255B #455B25 #255B3B

monochromatic

#150916 #2D132F #56255B #7F3787 #A848B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#56255B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#56255B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56255B

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56255B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56255B	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D355D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D3B59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582C3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56255b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 37, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.106 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876289',
    500: '#56255b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56255b;
$custom-light: #876289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56255b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.444,
    "s": 42.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35684,
    "c": 0.10561,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56255B

secondary

#538E4D

accent

#D25661

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0EAF0

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0B050B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #56255B

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

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