#56279C#56279C

#56279C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.176 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56279C
RGB	rgb(86, 39, 156)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(264, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 75%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.98, 46.52, -55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.98, 72.37, 310.00°)
OKLab	oklab(40.86% 0.0769 -0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(40.86% 0.176 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.5624, 5.8295, 32.0147)
Luminance	0.0583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56279C #6D9C27

analogous

#27329C #56279C #90279C

triadic

#56279C #9C5627 #279C56

tetradic

#56279C #9C2732 #6D9C27 #279C90

square

#56279C #9C2732 #6D9C27 #279C90

split-complementary

#56279C #9C9027 #329C27

monochromatic

#200F3A #3B1B6B #56279C #7134CC #9365D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#56279C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#56279C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56279C

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56279C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56279C	1.00	9.70	2.17	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56279c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 39, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.176 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c66ba',
    500: '#56279c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56279c;
$custom-light: #8c66ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56279c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.103,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4086,
    "c": 0.1764,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56279C

secondary

#99BE61

accent

#E345A3

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #56279C

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

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