#562B8E#562B8E

#562B8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.155 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#562B8E
RGB	rgb(86, 43, 142)
HSL	hsl(266, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(266, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 69.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.54, 40.75, -47.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.54, 62.64, 310.59°)
OKLab	oklab(40.18% 0.0757 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(40.18% 0.155 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.5829, 5.6591, 26.1734)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#562B8E #638E2B

analogous

#2B318E #562B8E #882B8E

triadic

#562B8E #8E562B #2B8E56

tetradic

#562B8E #8E2B31 #638E2B #2B8E88

square

#562B8E #8E2B31 #638E2B #2B8E88

split-complementary

#562B8E #8E882B #318E2B

monochromatic

#1D0F30 #3A1D5F #562B8E #7239BD #9363D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#562B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#562B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #562B8E

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##562B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##562B8E	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494259

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #562b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 43, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.155 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b68b0',
    500: '#562b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #562b8e;
$custom-light: #8b68b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#562b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.061,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40184,
    "c": 0.15531,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#562B8E

secondary

#90B65F

accent

#DD4B9D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #562B8E

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

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