#56279F#56279F

#56279F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.180 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56279F
RGB	rgb(86, 39, 159)
HSL	hsl(264, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(264, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 75.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.24, 47.32, -56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.24, 73.96, 309.78°)
OKLab	oklab(41.13% 0.0762 -0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(41.13% 0.18 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.8196, 5.9324, 33.3692)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.52

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56279F #709F27

analogous

#27349F #56279F #92279F

triadic

#56279F #9F5627 #279F56

tetradic

#56279F #9F2734 #709F27 #279F92

square

#56279F #9F2734 #709F27 #279F92

split-complementary

#56279F #9F9227 #349F27

monochromatic

#210F3D #3B1B6E #56279F #7136CE #9467DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#56279F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#56279F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56279F

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56279F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56279F	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56279f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 39, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.180 295.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56279f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.5,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41127,
    "c": 0.17979,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56279F

secondary

#9BC062

accent

#E444A5

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #56279F

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

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