#56359D#56359D

#56359D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.160 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56359D
RGB	rgb(86, 53, 157)
HSL	hsl(259, 50%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(259, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 66.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.71, 39.44, -51.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.71, 64.94, 307.39°)
OKLab	oklab(42.84% 0.0626 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(42.84% 0.16 293)
XYZ	xyz(11.1950, 6.9586, 32.6451)
Luminance	0.0696 (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

#56359D #7C9D35

analogous

#35489D #56359D #8A359D

triadic

#56359D #9D5635 #359D56

tetradic

#56359D #9D3548 #7C9D35 #359D8A

square

#56359D #9D3548 #7C9D35 #359D8A

split-complementary

#56359D #9D8A35 #489D35

monochromatic

#241641 #3D266F #56359D #724CC3 #967AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#56359D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#56359D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56359D

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56359D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56359D	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424E64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56359d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 53, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.160 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6ebb',
    500: '#56359d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56359d;
$custom-light: #8c6ebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56359d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.038,
    "s": 49.524,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42837,
    "c": 0.16024,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.06959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56359D

secondary

#A4BB73

accent

#D94FAD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #56359D

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

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