#56277B#56277B

#56277B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.139 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56277B
RGB	rgb(86, 39, 123)
HSL	hsl(274, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 68%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 68.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.33, 37.91, -39.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.33, 54.57, 314.00°)
OKLab	oklab(38.15% 0.0827 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(38.15% 0.139 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.1377, 4.8596, 19.2444)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.79

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56277B #4C7B27

analogous

#2C277B #56277B #7B2776

triadic

#56277B #7B5627 #277B56

tetradic

#56277B #7B2C27 #4C7B27 #27767B

square

#56277B #7B2C27 #4C7B27 #27767B

split-complementary

#56277B #767B27 #277B2C

monochromatic

#150A1E #36184D #56277B #7636A9 #9554C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#56277B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#56277B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56277B

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56277B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56277B	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#133F79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56277b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 39, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.139 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8965a2',
    500: '#56277b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56277b;
$custom-light: #8965a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56277b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.571,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38147,
    "c": 0.13856,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56277B

secondary

#79AD51

accent

#DB4C8B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56277B

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

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