#56279A#56279A

#56279A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.174 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56279A
RGB	rgb(86, 39, 154)
HSL	hsl(265, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(265, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 74.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.80, 45.98, -54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.80, 71.31, 310.15°)
OKLab	oklab(40.68% 0.0774 -0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(40.68% 0.174 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.3945, 5.7623, 31.1302)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56279A #6B9A27

analogous

#27319A #56279A #8F279A

triadic

#56279A #9A5627 #279A56

tetradic

#56279A #9A2731 #6B9A27 #279A8F

square

#56279A #9A2731 #6B9A27 #279A8F

split-complementary

#56279A #9A8F27 #319A27

monochromatic

#1F0E38 #3B1B69 #56279A #7133CB #9364D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#56279A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#56279A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56279A

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56279A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56279A	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56279a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 39, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.174 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c66b9',
    500: '#56279a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56279a;
$custom-light: #8c66b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56279a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.522,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40684,
    "c": 0.17415,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56279A

secondary

#97BD5F

accent

#E345A2

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #56279A

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

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