#56255D#56255D

#56255D is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.108 H 322.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56255D
RGB	rgb(86, 37, 93)
HSL	hsl(293, 43%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(293, 60%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 60.2%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.97, 31.90, -23.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.97, 39.72, 323.43°)
OKLab	oklab(35.81% 0.0855 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(35.81% 0.108 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.4749, 4.0922, 10.8026)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56255D #2C5D25

analogous

#3A255D #56255D #5D2548

triadic

#56255D #5D5625 #255D56

tetradic

#56255D #5D3A25 #2C5D25 #25485D

square

#56255D #5D3A25 #2C5D25 #25485D

split-complementary

#56255D #485D25 #255D3A

monochromatic

#140916 #2E1431 #56255D #7E3689 #A748B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#56255D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#56255D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56255D

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56255D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56255D	1.00	11.55	1.82	11.55
#FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B355F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C3B5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572D3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56255d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 37, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.108 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87628b',
    500: '#56255d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56255d;
$custom-light: #87628b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56255d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 43.077,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35805,
    "c": 0.10776,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56255D

secondary

#56904D

accent

#D35565

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0EAF0

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0B050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #56255D

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

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