#56256E#56256E

#56256E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.127 H 312.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56256E
RGB	rgb(86, 37, 110)
HSL	hsl(280, 50%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 66%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 66.4%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.04, 35.78, -33.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.04, 48.70, 317.28°)
OKLab	oklab(36.92% 0.0861 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(36.92% 0.127 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3133, 4.4276, 15.2182)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56256E #3D6E25

analogous

#32256E #56256E #6E2562

triadic

#56256E #6E5625 #256E56

tetradic

#56256E #6E3225 #3D6E25 #25626E

square

#56256E #6E3225 #3D6E25 #25626E

split-complementary

#56256E #626E25 #256E32

monochromatic

#120817 #321640 #56256E #7A349C #9B4BC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#56256E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#56256E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56256E

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56256E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56256E	1.00	11.14	1.89	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#063970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203C6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533346

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56256e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 37, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.127 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886398',
    500: '#56256e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56256e;
$custom-light: #886398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56256e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.274,
    "s": 49.66,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36923,
    "c": 0.12665,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56256E

secondary

#69A14E

accent

#D94F7C

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #56256E

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