#56359C#56359C

#56359C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.159 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56359C
RGB	rgb(86, 53, 156)
HSL	hsl(259, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(259, 66%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 66%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.63, 39.15, -51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.63, 64.39, 307.45°)
OKLab	oklab(42.76% 0.0627 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(42.76% 0.159 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.1100, 6.9246, 32.1973)
Luminance	0.0693 (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

#56359C #7B9C35

analogous

#35489C #56359C #89359C

triadic

#56359C #9C5635 #359C56

tetradic

#56359C #9C3548 #7B9C35 #359C89

square

#56359C #9C3548 #7B9C35 #359C89

split-complementary

#56359C #9C8935 #489C35

monochromatic

#241641 #3D256E #56359C #724CC2 #967AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#56359C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#56359C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56359C

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56359C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56359C	1.00	8.81	2.39	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56359c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 53, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.159 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6eba',
    500: '#56359c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56359c;
$custom-light: #8b6eba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56359c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.223,
    "s": 49.282,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42756,
    "c": 0.15898,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56359C

secondary

#A3BA72

accent

#D94FAD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #56359C

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

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