#562E8A#562E8A

#562E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.146 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#562E8A
RGB	rgb(86, 46, 138)
HSL	hsl(266, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(266, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 66.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.82, 38.05, -44.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.82, 58.65, 310.45°)
OKLab	oklab(40.29% 0.0727 -0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(40.29% 0.146 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.4011, 5.7673, 24.6577)
Luminance	0.0577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.61

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#562E8A #628A2E

analogous

#2E348A #562E8A #842E8A

triadic

#562E8A #8A562E #2E8A56

tetradic

#562E8A #8A2E34 #628A2E #2E8A84

square

#562E8A #8A2E34 #628A2E #2E8A84

split-complementary

#562E8A #8A842E #348A2E

monochromatic

#1D0F2E #391F5C #562E8A #733DB8 #9366CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.75

#562E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#562E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #562E8A

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##562E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##562E8A	1.00	9.75	2.15	9.75
#FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #562e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 46, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.146 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a69ad',
    500: '#562e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #562e8a;
$custom-light: #8a69ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#562e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.087,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4029,
    "c": 0.14636,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#562E8A

secondary

#8FB361

accent

#DA4E9D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #562E8A

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

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