#561B8D#561B8D

#561B8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.173 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#561B8D
RGB	rgb(86, 27, 141)
HSL	hsl(271, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(271, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 80.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.82, 47.95, -51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.82, 70.27, 313.02°)
OKLab	oklab(38.24% 0.0914 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(38.24% 0.173 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.0362, 4.6853, 25.6224)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#561B8D #528D1B

analogous

#1D1B8D #561B8D #8D1B8B

triadic

#561B8D #8D561B #1B8D56

tetradic

#561B8D #8D1D1B #528D1B #1B8B8D

square

#561B8D #8D1D1B #528D1B #1B8B8D

split-complementary

#561B8D #8B8D1B #1B8D1D

monochromatic

#170726 #37115A #561B8D #7525C0 #9447DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.84

#561B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#561B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #561B8D

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##561B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##561B8D	1.00	10.84	1.94	10.84
#FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #561b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 27, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.173 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5faf',
    500: '#561b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #561b8d;
$custom-light: #8b5faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#561b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.053,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38238,
    "c": 0.17288,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#561B8D

secondary

#80BD46

accent

#EB3D91

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #561B8D

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

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