#56288B#56288B

#56288B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.156 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56288B
RGB	rgb(86, 40, 139)
HSL	hsl(268, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 71.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.74, 41.51, -47.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.74, 62.71, 311.45°)
OKLab	oklab(39.54% 0.0794 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(39.54% 0.156 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.2556, 5.3600, 24.9681)
Luminance	0.0536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56288B #5D8B28

analogous

#282B8B #56288B #87288B

triadic

#56288B #8B5628 #288B56

tetradic

#56288B #8B282B #5D8B28 #288B87

square

#56288B #8B282B #5D8B28 #288B87

split-complementary

#56288B #8B8728 #2B8B28

monochromatic

#1B0D2C #391A5B #56288B #7336BB #935DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.14

#56288B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#56288B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56288B

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56288B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56288B	1.00	10.14	2.07	10.14
#FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56288b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 40, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.156 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a66ae',
    500: '#56288b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56288b;
$custom-light: #8a66ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56288b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.879,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39539,
    "c": 0.15575,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56288B

secondary

#8BB659

accent

#DF4999

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56288B

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

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