#563C8E#563C8E

#563C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.131 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#563C8E
RGB	rgb(86, 60, 142)
HSL	hsl(259, 41%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(259, 58%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 57.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.17, 31.00, -41.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.17, 51.95, 306.63°)
OKLab	oklab(42.83% 0.055 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(42.83% 0.131 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.3348, 7.1629, 26.4240)
Luminance	0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#563C8E #748E3C

analogous

#3C4B8E #563C8E #7F3C8E

triadic

#563C8E #8E563C #3C8E56

tetradic

#563C8E #8E3C4B #748E3C #3C8E7F

square

#563C8E #8E3C4B #748E3C #3C8E7F

split-complementary

#563C8E #8E7F3C #4B8E3C

monochromatic

#221838 #3C2A63 #563C8E #7152B6 #947DC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#563C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#563C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #563C8E

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##563C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##563C8E	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#134C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C4A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484D5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #563c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 60, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.131 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8973b0',
    500: '#563c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #563c8e;
$custom-light: #8973b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#563c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.024,
    "s": 40.594,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42828,
    "c": 0.13053,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#563C8E

secondary

#9EB274

accent

#D057AA

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF5

border

#CBC8CF

text

#0C0810

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #563C8E

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

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