#561E8E#561E8E

#561E8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.171 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#561E8E
RGB	rgb(86, 30, 142)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(270, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 78.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.33, 46.97, -51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.33, 69.45, 312.56°)
OKLab	oklab(38.62% 0.0886 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(38.62% 0.171 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.1833, 4.8599, 26.0402)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#561E8E #568E1E

analogous

#1E1E8E #561E8E #8E1E8E

triadic

#561E8E #8E561E #1E8E56

tetradic

#561E8E #8E1E1E #568E1E #1E8E8E

square

#561E8E #8E1E1E #568E1E #1E8E8E

split-complementary

#561E8E #8E8E1E #1E8E1E

monochromatic

#190929 #37135B #561E8E #7529C1 #934DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#561E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#561E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #561E8E

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##561E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##561E8E	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #561e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 30, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.171 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b61b0',
    500: '#561e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #561e8e;
$custom-light: #8b61b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#561e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38624,
    "c": 0.17087,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#561E8E

secondary

#84BC4C

accent

#E84094

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #561E8E

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

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