#56268B#56268B

#56268B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.158 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56268B
RGB	rgb(86, 38, 139)
HSL	hsl(269, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(269, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 72.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.38, 42.52, -47.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.38, 63.82, 311.78°)
OKLab	oklab(39.28% 0.0816 -0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(39.28% 0.158 301)
XYZ	xyz(9.1899, 5.2287, 24.9462)
Luminance	0.0523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56268B #5B8B26

analogous

#26298B #56268B #89268B

triadic

#56268B #8B5626 #268B56

tetradic

#56268B #8B2629 #5B8B26 #268B89

square

#56268B #8B2629 #5B8B26 #268B89

split-complementary

#56268B #8B8926 #298B26

monochromatic

#1B0C2B #38195B #56268B #7433BB #935AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.26

#56268B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#56268B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56268B

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56268B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56268B	1.00	10.26	2.05	10.26
#FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56268b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 38, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.158 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b65ae',
    500: '#56268b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56268b;
$custom-light: #8b65ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56268b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.515,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39282,
    "c": 0.15831,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.05229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56268B

secondary

#89B756

accent

#E04798

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56268B

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

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