#56339B#56339B

#56339B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.160 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56339B
RGB	rgb(86, 51, 155)
HSL	hsl(260, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(260, 67%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 67.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.14, 39.99, -51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.14, 65.05, 307.93°)
OKLab	oklab(42.38% 0.065 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(42.38% 0.16 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.9364, 6.7123, 31.7234)
Luminance	0.0671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56339B #789B33

analogous

#33449B #56339B #8A339B

triadic

#56339B #9B5633 #339B56

tetradic

#56339B #9B3344 #789B33 #339B8A

square

#56339B #9B3344 #789B33 #339B8A

split-complementary

#56339B #9B8A33 #449B33

monochromatic

#23153F #3C246D #56339B #7248C3 #9576D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#56339B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#56339B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56339B

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56339B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56339B	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56339b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 51, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.160 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6db9',
    500: '#56339b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56339b;
$custom-light: #8b6db9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56339b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.192,
    "s": 50.485,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42377,
    "c": 0.16042,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56339B

secondary

#A1BA6F

accent

#DA4EAB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #56339B

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

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