#56296D#56296D

#56296D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.119 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56296D
RGB	rgb(86, 41, 109)
HSL	hsl(280, 45%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 62%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 62.4%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.77, 33.37, -31.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.77, 45.70, 316.90°)
OKLab	oklab(37.43% 0.0806 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(37.43% 0.119 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3905, 4.6686, 14.9768)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 7.04

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56296D #406D29

analogous

#34296D #56296D #6D2962

triadic

#56296D #6D5629 #296D56

tetradic

#56296D #6D3429 #406D29 #29626D

square

#56296D #6D3429 #406D29 #29626D

split-complementary

#56296D #626D29 #296D34

monochromatic

#120816 #331841 #56296D #793A99 #9A52BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.86

#56296D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#56296D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56296D

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56296D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56296D	1.00	10.86	1.93	10.86
#FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#123B6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#253E6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543547

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56296d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 41, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.119 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886597',
    500: '#56296d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56296d;
$custom-light: #886597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56296d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.706,
    "s": 45.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37433,
    "c": 0.11906,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56296D

secondary

#6C9F53

accent

#D5537F

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060D

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #56296D

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

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