#56279E#56279E

#56279E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.179 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56279E
RGB	rgb(86, 39, 158)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(264, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.6%, 75.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.15, 47.05, -56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.15, 73.43, 309.85°)
OKLab	oklab(41.04% 0.0764 -0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(41.04% 0.179 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.7332, 5.8978, 32.9140)
Luminance	0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56279E #6F9E27

analogous

#27349E #56279E #91279E

triadic

#56279E #9E5627 #279E56

tetradic

#56279E #9E2734 #6F9E27 #279E91

square

#56279E #9E2734 #6F9E27 #279E91

split-complementary

#56279E #9E9127 #349E27

monochromatic

#210F3C #3B1B6D #56279E #7135CD #9466D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#56279E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#56279E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56279E

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56279E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56279E	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424661

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56279e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 39, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.179 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d66bc',
    500: '#56279e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56279e;
$custom-light: #8d66bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56279e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.697,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41038,
    "c": 0.17866,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56279E

secondary

#9ABF62

accent

#E444A5

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #56279E

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

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