#56337B#56337B

#56337B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.120 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56337B
RGB	rgb(86, 51, 123)
HSL	hsl(269, 41%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 59%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 58.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.84, 31.15, -35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.84, 47.02, 311.49°)
OKLab	oklab(39.97% 0.0668 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(39.97% 0.12 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.5959, 5.7762, 19.3971)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 9.40

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56337B #587B33

analogous

#33347B #56337B #7A337B

triadic

#56337B #7B5633 #337B56

tetradic

#56337B #7B3334 #587B33 #337B7A

square

#56337B #7B3334 #587B33 #337B7A

split-complementary

#56337B #7B7A33 #347B33

monochromatic

#1A0F24 #382150 #56337B #7445A6 #9368C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#56337B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#56337B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56337B

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56337B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56337B	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#17437D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#244479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4152

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56337b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 51, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.120 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886ca2',
    500: '#56337b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56337b;
$custom-light: #886ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56337b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.167,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39972,
    "c": 0.11977,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56337B

secondary

#86A862

accent

#D15796

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C070F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56337B

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

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