#56256C#56256C

#56256C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.124 H 313.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56256C
RGB	rgb(86, 37, 108)
HSL	hsl(281, 49%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(281, 66%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 65.7%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.90, 35.31, -31.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.90, 47.62, 317.84°)
OKLab	oklab(36.78% 0.0861 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(36.78% 0.124 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.2056, 4.3845, 14.6512)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56256C #3B6C25

analogous

#32256C #56256C #6C255E

triadic

#56256C #6C5625 #256C56

tetradic

#56256C #6C3225 #3B6C25 #255E6C

square

#56256C #6C3225 #3B6C25 #255E6C

split-complementary

#56256C #5E6C25 #256C32

monochromatic

#120817 #32153E #56256C #7A359A #9C4AC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#56256C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#56256C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56256C

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56256C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56256C	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A386E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#223C6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543245

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56256c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 37, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.124 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886396',
    500: '#56256c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56256c;
$custom-light: #886396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56256c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.408,
    "s": 48.966,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36783,
    "c": 0.12439,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56256C

secondary

#679F4E

accent

#D94F7A

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050D

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #56256C

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

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