#56279D#56279D

#56279D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.178 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56279D
RGB	rgb(86, 39, 157)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(264, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 75.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.07, 46.78, -55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.07, 72.90, 309.92°)
OKLab	oklab(40.95% 0.0767 -0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(40.95% 0.178 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.6474, 5.8635, 32.4625)
Luminance	0.0586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56279D #6E9D27

analogous

#27339D #56279D #91279D

triadic

#56279D #9D5627 #279D56

tetradic

#56279D #9D2733 #6E9D27 #279D91

square

#56279D #9D2733 #6E9D27 #279D91

split-complementary

#56279D #9D9127 #339D27

monochromatic

#200F3B #3B1B6C #56279D #7135CD #9366D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#56279D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#56279D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56279D

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56279D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56279D	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56279d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 39, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.178 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d66bb',
    500: '#56279d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56279d;
$custom-light: #8d66bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56279d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.898,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40949,
    "c": 0.17753,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56279D

secondary

#99BF61

accent

#E344A4

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #56279D

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

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