#56258D#56258D

#56258D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.162 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56258D
RGB	rgb(86, 37, 141)
HSL	hsl(268, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 73.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.37, 43.53, -48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.37, 65.43, 311.70°)
OKLab	oklab(39.32% 0.0822 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(39.32% 0.162 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3059, 5.2246, 25.7123)
Luminance	0.0522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56258D #5C8D25

analogous

#25288D #56258D #8A258D

triadic

#56258D #8D5625 #258D56

tetradic

#56258D #8D2528 #5C8D25 #258D8A

square

#56258D #8D2528 #5C8D25 #258D8A

split-complementary

#56258D #8D8A25 #288D25

monochromatic

#1B0C2C #38185D #56258D #7432BD #9359D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.27

#56258D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#56258D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56258D

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56258D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56258D	1.00	10.27	2.05	10.27
#FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56258d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 37, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.162 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b64af',
    500: '#56258d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56258d;
$custom-light: #8b64af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56258d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.269,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39325,
    "c": 0.16182,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56258D

secondary

#8AB856

accent

#E24698

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56258D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →