#562B8B#562B8B

#562B8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.152 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#562B8B
RGB	rgb(86, 43, 139)
HSL	hsl(267, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(267, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 69.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.30, 39.95, -46.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.30, 60.99, 310.92°)
OKLab	oklab(39.94% 0.0761 -0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(39.94% 0.152 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.3607, 5.5702, 25.0031)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.09

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#562B8B #608B2B

analogous

#2B308B #562B8B #862B8B

triadic

#562B8B #8B562B #2B8B56

tetradic

#562B8B #8B2B30 #608B2B #2B8B86

square

#562B8B #8B2B30 #608B2B #2B8B86

split-complementary

#562B8B #8B862B #308B2B

monochromatic

#1C0E2E #391D5C #562B8B #7339BA #9362CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#562B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#562B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #562B8B

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##562B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##562B8B	1.00	9.93	2.11	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #562b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 43, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.152 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a68ae',
    500: '#562b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #562b8b;
$custom-light: #8a68ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#562b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.875,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39942,
    "c": 0.15175,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#562B8B

secondary

#8DB55D

accent

#DC4C9B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #562B8B

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

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