#56257E#56257E

#56257E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.145 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56257E
RGB	rgb(86, 37, 126)
HSL	hsl(273, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(273, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 70.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.18, 39.70, -41.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.18, 57.35, 313.80°)
OKLab	oklab(38.11% 0.0848 -0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(38.11% 0.145 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2644, 4.8080, 20.2273)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56257E #4D7E25

analogous

#2A257E #56257E #7E257A

triadic

#56257E #7E5625 #257E56

tetradic

#56257E #7E2A25 #4D7E25 #257A7E

square

#56257E #7E2A25 #4D7E25 #257A7E

split-complementary

#56257E #7A7E25 #257E2A

monochromatic

#15091F #36174F #56257E #7633AD #9551CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#56257E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#56257E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56257E

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56257E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56257E	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#083E7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56257e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 37, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.145 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8964a4',
    500: '#56257e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56257e;
$custom-light: #8964a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56257e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.034,
    "s": 54.601,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38109,
    "c": 0.14483,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56257E

secondary

#7AB04F

accent

#DE4A8C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56257E

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

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