#563D8A#563D8A

#563D8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.123 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#563D8A
RGB	rgb(86, 61, 138)
HSL	hsl(259, 39%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 56%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 55.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.15, 29.24, -39.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.15, 48.96, 306.67°)
OKLab	oklab(42.72% 0.0536 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(42.72% 0.123 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.0928, 7.1507, 24.8883)
Luminance	0.0715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#563D8A #718A3D

analogous

#3D4B8A #563D8A #7D3D8A

triadic

#563D8A #8A563D #3D8A56

tetradic

#563D8A #8A3D4B #718A3D #3D8A7D

square

#563D8A #8A3D4B #718A3D #3D8A7D

split-complementary

#563D8A #8A7D3D #4B8A3D

monochromatic

#211735 #3C2A60 #563D8A #7152B2 #947CC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#563D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#563D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #563D8A

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##563D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##563D8A	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B4C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#234B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #563d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 61, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.123 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8973ad',
    500: '#563d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #563d8a;
$custom-light: #8973ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#563d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.481,
    "s": 38.693,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42723,
    "c": 0.12349,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#563D8A

secondary

#9CAF74

accent

#CF59A8

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF4

border

#CBC8CE

text

#0C0810

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #563D8A

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

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