#56258B#56258B

#56258B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.160 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56258B
RGB	rgb(86, 37, 139)
HSL	hsl(269, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(269, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 73.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.20, 43.01, -47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.20, 64.36, 311.94°)
OKLab	oklab(39.16% 0.0826 -0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(39.16% 0.16 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.1584, 5.1656, 24.9356)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56258B #5A8B25

analogous

#25278B #56258B #89258B

triadic

#56258B #8B5625 #258B56

tetradic

#56258B #8B2527 #5A8B25 #258B89

square

#56258B #8B2527 #5A8B25 #258B89

split-complementary

#56258B #8B8925 #278B25

monochromatic

#1A0B2A #38185B #56258B #7432BB #9358D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#56258B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#56258B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56258B

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56258B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56258B	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56258b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 37, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.160 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b64ae',
    500: '#56258b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56258b;
$custom-light: #8b64ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56258b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.824,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39158,
    "c": 0.15957,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56258B

secondary

#88B755

accent

#E14797

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56258B

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

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