#56299B#56299B

#56299B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.173 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56299B
RGB	rgb(86, 41, 155)
HSL	hsl(264, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(264, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 73.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.24, 45.27, -54.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.24, 70.78, 309.76°)
OKLab	oklab(41.02% 0.0753 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(41.02% 0.173 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.5455, 5.9306, 31.5931)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56299B #6E9B29

analogous

#29359B #56299B #8F299B

triadic

#56299B #9B5629 #299B56

tetradic

#56299B #9B2935 #6E9B29 #299B8F

square

#56299B #9B2935 #6E9B29 #299B8F

split-complementary

#56299B #9B8F29 #359B29

monochromatic

#200F3A #3B1C6B #56299B #7137CA #9367D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#56299B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#56299B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56299B

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56299B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56299B	1.00	9.61	2.19	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56299b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 41, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.173 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c67b9',
    500: '#56299b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56299b;
$custom-light: #8c67b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56299b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.684,
    "s": 58.163,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41016,
    "c": 0.17298,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56299B

secondary

#99BD63

accent

#E146A4

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #56299B

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

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