#561D8D#561D8D

#561D8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.171 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#561D8D
RGB	rgb(86, 29, 141)
HSL	hsl(271, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(271, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 79.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.10, 47.14, -50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.10, 69.39, 312.79°)
OKLab	oklab(38.43% 0.0898 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(38.43% 0.171 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.0837, 4.7802, 25.6382)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#561D8D #548D1D

analogous

#1E1D8D #561D8D #8D1D8C

triadic

#561D8D #8D561D #1D8D56

tetradic

#561D8D #8D1E1D #548D1D #1D8C8D

square

#561D8D #8D1E1D #548D1D #1D8C8D

split-complementary

#561D8D #8C8D1D #1D8D1E

monochromatic

#180827 #37135A #561D8D #7527C0 #934BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#561D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#561D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #561D8D

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##561D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##561D8D	1.00	10.74	1.96	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #561d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 29, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.171 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b60af',
    500: '#561d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #561d8d;
$custom-light: #8b60af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#561d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.536,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38434,
    "c": 0.17086,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#561D8D

secondary

#82BC4A

accent

#E93F92

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #561D8D

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

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