#561B5E#561B5E

#561B5E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.125 H 322.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#561B5E
RGB	rgb(86, 27, 94)
HSL	hsl(293, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(293, 71%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 71.3%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.20, 37.16, -27.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.20, 46.02, 323.86°)
OKLab	oklab(34.54% 0.0993 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(34.54% 0.125 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.2499, 3.5708, 10.9475)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.91

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#561B5E #235E1B

analogous

#341B5E #561B5E #5E1B44

triadic

#561B5E #5E561B #1B5E56

tetradic

#561B5E #5E341B #235E1B #1B445E

square

#561B5E #5E341B #235E1B #1B445E

split-complementary

#561B5E #445E1B #1B5E34

monochromatic

#160718 #2B0D2E #561B5E #81298E #AD36BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#561B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#561B5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #561B5E

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##561B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##561B5E	1.00	12.25	1.71	12.25
#FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#093160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25375C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57263A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #561b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 27, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.125 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885d8c',
    500: '#561b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #561b5e;
$custom-light: #885d8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#561b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.836,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34536,
    "c": 0.12482,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#561B5E

secondary

#4B9441

accent

#DF495B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #561B5E

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

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