#562C8E#562C8E

#562C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.154 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#562C8E
RGB	rgb(86, 44, 142)
HSL	hsl(266, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(266, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 69%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.73, 40.22, -47.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.73, 62.06, 310.40°)
OKLab	oklab(40.32% 0.0745 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(40.32% 0.154 299)
XYZ	xyz(9.6197, 5.7327, 26.1856)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#562C8E #648E2C

analogous

#2C338E #562C8E #872C8E

triadic

#562C8E #8E562C #2C8E56

tetradic

#562C8E #8E2C33 #648E2C #2C8E87

square

#562C8E #8E2C33 #648E2C #2C8E87

split-complementary

#562C8E #8E872C #338E2C

monochromatic

#1D0F31 #3A1E5F #562C8E #723ABD #9365CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#562C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#562C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #562C8E

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##562C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##562C8E	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #562c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 44, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.154 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a68b0',
    500: '#562c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #562c8e;
$custom-light: #8a68b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#562c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40322,
    "c": 0.15397,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.05733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#562C8E

secondary

#91B660

accent

#DC4C9E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #562C8E

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

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