#56379B#56379B

#56379B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.155 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56379B
RGB	rgb(86, 55, 155)
HSL	hsl(259, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(259, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 64.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.98, 37.72, -49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.98, 62.59, 307.06°)
OKLab	oklab(42.98% 0.0606 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(42.98% 0.155 293)
XYZ	xyz(11.1187, 7.0770, 31.7842)
Luminance	0.0708 (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

#56379B #7C9B37

analogous

#374A9B #56379B #88379B

triadic

#56379B #9B5637 #379B56

tetradic

#56379B #9B374A #7C9B37 #379B88

square

#56379B #9B374A #7C9B37 #379B88

split-complementary

#56379B #9B8837 #4A9B37

monochromatic

#241741 #3D276E #56379B #724FC0 #967CD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#56379B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#56379B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56379B

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56379B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56379B	1.00	8.69	2.42	8.69
#FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004C9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434E64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56379b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 55, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.155 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6fb9',
    500: '#56379b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56379b;
$custom-light: #8b6fb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56379b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.6,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42983,
    "c": 0.15498,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.07077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56379B

secondary

#A4BA74

accent

#D751AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #56379B

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

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