#56259D#56259D

#56259D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.180 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56259D
RGB	rgb(86, 37, 157)
HSL	hsl(265, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(265, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 76.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.74, 47.72, -56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.74, 73.92, 310.21°)
OKLab	oklab(40.72% 0.0785 -0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(40.72% 0.18 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.5835, 5.7356, 32.4412)
Luminance	0.0574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56259D #6C9D25

analogous

#25309D #56259D #92259D

triadic

#56259D #9D5625 #259D56

tetradic

#56259D #9D2530 #6C9D25 #259D92

square

#56259D #9D2530 #6C9D25 #259D92

split-complementary

#56259D #9D9225 #309D25

monochromatic

#200E3A #3B196B #56259D #7131CE #9362DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#56259D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#56259D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56259D

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56259D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56259D	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56259d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 37, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.180 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d65bb',
    500: '#56259d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56259d;
$custom-light: #8d65bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56259d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.5,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40717,
    "c": 0.17972,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56259D

secondary

#98BF5E

accent

#E543A3

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #56259D

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

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