#56397F#56397F

#56397F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.115 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56397F
RGB	rgb(86, 57, 127)
HSL	hsl(265, 38%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(265, 55%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 55.1%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.49, 28.61, -35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.49, 45.28, 309.19°)
OKLab	oklab(41.27% 0.0585 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(41.27% 0.115 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.1307, 6.4369, 20.8360)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56397F #627F39

analogous

#393F7F #56397F #79397F

triadic

#56397F #7F5639 #397F56

tetradic

#56397F #7F393F #627F39 #397F79

square

#56397F #7F393F #627F39 #397F79

split-complementary

#56397F #7F7939 #3F7F39

monochromatic

#1D132B #392655 #56397F #734CA9 #9372C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#56397F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#56397F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56397F

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56397F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56397F	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F4781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28477D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56397f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 57, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.115 300.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56397f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.857,
    "s": 38.043,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41269,
    "c": 0.11504,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56397F

secondary

#8FA96B

accent

#CE5A9E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0C070F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56397F

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

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