#562C8A#562C8A

#562C8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.149 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#562C8A
RGB	rgb(86, 44, 138)
HSL	hsl(267, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(267, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 68.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.42, 39.15, -45.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.42, 59.86, 310.84°)
OKLab	oklab(40% 0.0751 -0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(40% 0.149 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.3248, 5.6147, 24.6323)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.20

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#562C8A #608A2C

analogous

#2C318A #562C8A #852C8A

triadic

#562C8A #8A562C #2C8A56

tetradic

#562C8A #8A2C31 #608A2C #2C8A85

square

#562C8A #8A2C31 #608A2C #2C8A85

split-complementary

#562C8A #8A852C #318A2C

monochromatic

#1C0E2D #391D5C #562C8A #733BB8 #9363CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#562C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#562C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #562C8A

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##562C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##562C8A	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004288

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #562c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 44, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.149 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a68ad',
    500: '#562c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #562c8a;
$custom-light: #8a68ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#562c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.809,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40002,
    "c": 0.14918,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#562C8A

secondary

#8DB45E

accent

#DB4D9B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #562C8A

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

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