#56278B#56278B

#56278B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.157 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56278B
RGB	rgb(86, 39, 139)
HSL	hsl(268, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 71.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.56, 42.02, -47.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.56, 63.27, 311.62°)
OKLab	oklab(39.41% 0.0805 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(39.41% 0.157 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.2223, 5.2935, 24.9570)
Luminance	0.0529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56278B #5C8B27

analogous

#272A8B #56278B #88278B

triadic

#56278B #8B5627 #278B56

tetradic

#56278B #8B272A #5C8B27 #278B88

square

#56278B #8B272A #5C8B27 #278B88

split-complementary

#56278B #8B8827 #2A8B27

monochromatic

#1B0C2B #381A5B #56278B #7434BB #935BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.20

#56278B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#56278B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56278B

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56278B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56278B	1.00	10.20	2.06	10.20
#FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56278b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 39, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.157 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a65ae',
    500: '#56278b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56278b;
$custom-light: #8a65ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56278b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.2,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39409,
    "c": 0.15704,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56278B

secondary

#8AB658

accent

#DF4898

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56278B

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

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