#56359F#56359F

#56359F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.163 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56359F
RGB	rgb(86, 53, 159)
HSL	hsl(259, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(259, 67%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 66.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.87, 40.01, -52.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.87, 66.05, 307.28°)
OKLab	oklab(43% 0.0624 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(43% 0.163 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.3671, 7.0275, 33.5517)
Luminance	0.0703 (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

#56359F #7E9F35

analogous

#35499F #56359F #8B359F

triadic

#56359F #9F5635 #359F56

tetradic

#56359F #9F3549 #7E9F35 #359F8B

square

#56359F #9F3549 #7E9F35 #359F8B

split-complementary

#56359F #9F8B35 #499F35

monochromatic

#241643 #3D2671 #56359F #724DC4 #977BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#56359F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#56359F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56359F

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56359F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56359F	1.00	8.73	2.41	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56359f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 53, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.163 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6ebc',
    500: '#56359f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56359f;
$custom-light: #8c6ebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56359f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.679,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42999,
    "c": 0.16274,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56359F

secondary

#A6BC74

accent

#DA4EAE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #56359F

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

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