#561B8E#561B8E

#561B8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.174 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#561B8E
RGB	rgb(86, 27, 142)
HSL	hsl(271, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(271, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 81%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.91, 48.19, -51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.91, 70.79, 312.91°)
OKLab	oklab(38.33% 0.0911 -0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(38.33% 0.174 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.1110, 4.7152, 26.0161)
Luminance	0.0471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#561B8E #538E1B

analogous

#1D1B8E #561B8E #8E1B8C

triadic

#561B8E #8E561B #1B8E56

tetradic

#561B8E #8E1D1B #538E1B #1B8C8E

square

#561B8E #8E1D1B #538E1B #1B8C8E

split-complementary

#561B8E #8C8E1B #1B8E1D

monochromatic

#180727 #37115B #561B8E #7525C1 #9447DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#561B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#561B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #561B8E

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##561B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##561B8E	1.00	10.81	1.94	10.81
#FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #561b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 27, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.174 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5fb0',
    500: '#561b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #561b8e;
$custom-light: #8c5fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#561b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.783,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38327,
    "c": 0.17391,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#561B8E

secondary

#81BE47

accent

#EB3D92

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #561B8E

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

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