#56279B#56279B

#56279B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.175 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56279B
RGB	rgb(86, 39, 155)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(264, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 74.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.89, 46.25, -54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.89, 71.84, 310.07°)
OKLab	oklab(40.77% 0.0772 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(40.77% 0.175 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.4781, 5.7958, 31.5706)
Luminance	0.0580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56279B #6C9B27

analogous

#27329B #56279B #90279B

triadic

#56279B #9B5627 #279B56

tetradic

#56279B #9B2732 #6C9B27 #279B90

square

#56279B #9B2732 #6C9B27 #279B90

split-complementary

#56279B #9B9027 #329B27

monochromatic

#200E39 #3B1B6A #56279B #7133CC #9364D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#56279B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#56279B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56279B

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56279B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56279B	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56279b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 39, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.175 296.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56279b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.31,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40772,
    "c": 0.17528,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56279B

secondary

#98BE60

accent

#E345A3

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #56279B

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

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