#561D8E#561D8E

#561D8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.172 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#561D8E
RGB	rgb(86, 29, 142)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(270, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 79.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.19, 47.39, -51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.19, 69.91, 312.68°)
OKLab	oklab(38.52% 0.0895 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(38.52% 0.172 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1584, 4.8101, 26.0319)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#561D8E #558E1D

analogous

#1D1D8E #561D8E #8E1D8D

triadic

#561D8E #8E561D #1D8E56

tetradic

#561D8E #8E1D1D #558E1D #1D8D8E

square

#561D8E #8E1D1D #558E1D #1D8D8E

split-complementary

#561D8E #8D8E1D #1D8E1D

monochromatic

#180828 #37135B #561D8E #7527C1 #934BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#561D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#561D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #561D8E

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##561D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##561D8E	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #561d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 29, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.172 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b60b0',
    500: '#561d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #561d8e;
$custom-light: #8b60b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#561d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.265,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38522,
    "c": 0.17191,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#561D8E

secondary

#83BD4A

accent

#E93F93

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #561D8E

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

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