#56259B#56259B

#56259B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.177 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56259B
RGB	rgb(86, 37, 155)
HSL	hsl(265, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(265, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 76.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.56, 47.19, -55.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.56, 72.87, 310.37°)
OKLab	oklab(40.54% 0.079 -0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(40.54% 0.178 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.4141, 5.6679, 31.5493)
Luminance	0.0567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56259B #6A9B25

analogous

#252F9B #56259B #91259B

triadic

#56259B #9B5625 #259B56

tetradic

#56259B #9B252F #6A9B25 #259B91

square

#56259B #9B252F #6A9B25 #259B91

split-complementary

#56259B #9B9125 #2F9B25

monochromatic

#1F0D38 #3B196A #56259B #7131CC #9361D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#56259B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#56259B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56259B

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56259B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56259B	1.00	9.84	2.13	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56259b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 37, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.177 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c65b9',
    500: '#56259b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56259b;
$custom-light: #8c65b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56259b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.915,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40538,
    "c": 0.1775,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56259B

secondary

#96BF5D

accent

#E543A2

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #56259B

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

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