#562D8D#562D8D

#562D8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.151 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#562D8D
RGB	rgb(86, 45, 141)
HSL	hsl(266, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(266, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 68.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.85, 39.41, -46.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.85, 60.92, 310.31°)
OKLab	oklab(40.38% 0.0735 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(40.38% 0.151 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.5827, 5.7782, 25.8046)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#562D8D #648D2D

analogous

#2D348D #562D8D #862D8D

triadic

#562D8D #8D562D #2D8D56

tetradic

#562D8D #8D2D34 #648D2D #2D8D86

square

#562D8D #8D2D34 #648D2D #2D8D86

split-complementary

#562D8D #8D862D #348D2D

monochromatic

#1D0F30 #3A1E5F #562D8D #723CBB #9366CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#562D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#562D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #562D8D

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##562D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##562D8D	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #562d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 45, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.151 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a69af',
    500: '#562d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #562d8d;
$custom-light: #8a69af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#562d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.625,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40382,
    "c": 0.15141,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#562D8D

secondary

#91B561

accent

#DB4D9E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #562D8D

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

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