#561B8B#561B8B

#561B8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.171 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#561B8B
RGB	rgb(86, 27, 139)
HSL	hsl(272, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(272, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 80.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.64, 47.46, -50.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.64, 69.24, 313.27°)
OKLab	oklab(38.06% 0.092 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(38.06% 0.171 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.8888, 4.6264, 24.8458)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#561B8B #508B1B

analogous

#1E1B8B #561B8B #8B1B88

triadic

#561B8B #8B561B #1B8B56

tetradic

#561B8B #8B1E1B #508B1B #1B888B

square

#561B8B #8B1E1B #508B1B #1B888B

split-complementary

#561B8B #888B1B #1B8B1E

monochromatic

#170725 #361158 #561B8B #7625BE #9445DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.91

#561B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#561B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #561B8B

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##561B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##561B8B	1.00	10.91	1.93	10.91
#FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #561b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 27, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.171 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5fae',
    500: '#561b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #561b8b;
$custom-light: #8b5fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#561b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.607,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38061,
    "c": 0.17081,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#561B8B

secondary

#7EBC45

accent

#EA3D8F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #561B8B

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

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