#56259E#56259E

#56259E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.181 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56259E
RGB	rgb(86, 37, 158)
HSL	hsl(264, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(264, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.6%, 76.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.82, 47.99, -56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.82, 74.44, 310.14°)
OKLab	oklab(40.81% 0.0782 -0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(40.81% 0.181 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.6692, 5.7699, 32.8927)
Luminance	0.0577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56259E #6D9E25

analogous

#25309E #56259E #92259E

triadic

#56259E #9E5625 #259E56

tetradic

#56259E #9E2530 #6D9E25 #259E92

square

#56259E #9E2530 #6D9E25 #259E92

split-complementary

#56259E #9E9225 #309E25

monochromatic

#200E3B #3B196C #56259E #7131CF #9363DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.75

#56259E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#56259E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56259E

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56259E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56259E	1.00	9.75	2.15	9.75
#FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56259e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 37, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.181 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d65bc',
    500: '#56259e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56259e;
$custom-light: #8d65bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56259e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.298,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40806,
    "c": 0.18083,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56259E

secondary

#99C05F

accent

#E543A3

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #56259E

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

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