#561D8B#561D8B

#561D8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.169 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#561D8B
RGB	rgb(86, 29, 139)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(271, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 79.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.93, 46.64, -49.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.93, 68.35, 313.04°)
OKLab	oklab(38.26% 0.0903 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(38.26% 0.169 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.9362, 4.7212, 24.8616)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#561D8B #528B1D

analogous

#1F1D8B #561D8B #8B1D89

triadic

#561D8B #8B561D #1D8B56

tetradic

#561D8B #8B1F1D #528B1D #1D898B

square

#561D8B #8B1F1D #528B1D #1D898B

split-complementary

#561D8B #898B1D #1D8B1F

monochromatic

#170826 #371258 #561D8B #7528BE #9449D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.80

#561D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#561D8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #561D8B

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##561D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##561D8B	1.00	10.80	1.94	10.80
#FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #561d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 29, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.169 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b60ae',
    500: '#561d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #561d8b;
$custom-light: #8b60ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#561d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.091,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38258,
    "c": 0.16876,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#561D8B

secondary

#80BB49

accent

#E83F91

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #561D8B

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

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