#561E8B#561E8B

#561E8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.168 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#561E8B
RGB	rgb(86, 30, 139)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 78.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.07, 46.22, -49.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.07, 67.88, 312.91°)
OKLab	oklab(38.36% 0.0894 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(38.36% 0.168 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.9611, 4.7710, 24.8699)
Luminance	0.0477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#561E8B #538B1E

analogous

#201E8B #561E8B #8B1E89

triadic

#561E8B #8B561E #1E8B56

tetradic

#561E8B #8B201E #538B1E #1E898B

square

#561E8B #8B201E #538B1E #1E898B

split-complementary

#561E8B #898B1E #1E8B20

monochromatic

#180826 #371359 #561E8B #7529BD #944BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#561E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#561E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #561E8B

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##561E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##561E8B	1.00	10.75	1.95	10.75
#FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #561e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 30, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.168 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b60ae',
    500: '#561e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #561e8b;
$custom-light: #8b60ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#561e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.826,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38361,
    "c": 0.16769,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#561E8B

secondary

#81BB4A

accent

#E74092

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #561E8B

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

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