#56397E#56397E

#56397E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.114 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56397E
RGB	rgb(86, 57, 126)
HSL	hsl(265, 38%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(265, 55%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 54.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.43, 28.34, -34.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.43, 44.70, 309.34°)
OKLab	oklab(41.2% 0.0585 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(41.2% 0.114 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.0659, 6.4110, 20.4944)
Luminance	0.0641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56397E #617E39

analogous

#393E7E #56397E #78397E

triadic

#56397E #7E5639 #397E56

tetradic

#56397E #7E393E #617E39 #397E78

square

#56397E #7E393E #617E39 #397E78

split-complementary

#56397E #7E7839 #3E7E39

monochromatic

#1C132A #392654 #56397E #734CA8 #9372BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20

#56397E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#56397E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56397E

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56397E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56397E	1.00	9.20	2.28	9.20
#FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#204780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29477C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56397e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 57, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.114 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8870a4',
    500: '#56397e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56397e;
$custom-light: #8870a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56397e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.217,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41203,
    "c": 0.11368,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56397E

secondary

#8EA86A

accent

#CE5A9D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0C070F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56397E

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

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