#56258E#56258E

#56258E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.163 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56258E
RGB	rgb(86, 37, 142)
HSL	hsl(268, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 73.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.45, 43.79, -49.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.45, 65.97, 311.59°)
OKLab	oklab(39.41% 0.082 -0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(39.41% 0.163 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.3806, 5.2545, 26.1059)
Luminance	0.0525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56258E #5D8E25

analogous

#25298E #56258E #8A258E

triadic

#56258E #8E5625 #258E56

tetradic

#56258E #8E2529 #5D8E25 #258E8A

square

#56258E #8E2529 #5D8E25 #258E8A

split-complementary

#56258E #8E8A25 #298E25

monochromatic

#1B0C2D #39185D #56258E #7332BF #935AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.24

#56258E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#56258E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56258E

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56258E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56258E	1.00	10.24	2.05	10.24
#FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56258e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 37, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.163 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b64b0',
    500: '#56258e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56258e;
$custom-light: #8b64b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56258e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3941,
    "c": 0.16295,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56258E

secondary

#8BB956

accent

#E24699

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #56258E

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

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