#562E8B#562E8B

#562E8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.148 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#562E8B
RGB	rgb(86, 46, 139)
HSL	hsl(266, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(266, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 66.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.89, 38.32, -45.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.89, 59.21, 310.34°)
OKLab	oklab(40.37% 0.0726 -0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(40.37% 0.148 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.4738, 5.7964, 25.0408)
Luminance	0.0580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#562E8B #638B2E

analogous

#2E358B #562E8B #852E8B

triadic

#562E8B #8B562E #2E8B56

tetradic

#562E8B #8B2E35 #638B2E #2E8B85

square

#562E8B #8B2E35 #638B2E #2E8B85

split-complementary

#562E8B #8B852E #358B2E

monochromatic

#1D102F #3A1F5D #562E8B #723DB9 #9367CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#562E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#562E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #562E8B

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##562E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##562E8B	1.00	9.72	2.16	9.72
#FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #562e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 46, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.148 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a69ae',
    500: '#562e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #562e8b;
$custom-light: #8a69ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#562e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.806,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40368,
    "c": 0.14759,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#562E8B

secondary

#90B361

accent

#DA4E9E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #562E8B

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

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