#563D8B#563D8B

#563D8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.125 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#563D8B
RGB	rgb(86, 61, 139)
HSL	hsl(259, 39%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 56%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 56.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.21, 29.52, -39.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.21, 49.54, 306.58°)
OKLab	oklab(42.79% 0.0536 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(42.79% 0.125 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.1655, 7.1798, 25.2714)
Luminance	0.0718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#563D8B #728B3D

analogous

#3D4B8B #563D8B #7D3D8B

triadic

#563D8B #8B563D #3D8B56

tetradic

#563D8B #8B3D4B #728B3D #3D8B7D

square

#563D8B #8B3D4B #728B3D #3D8B7D

split-complementary

#563D8B #8B7D3D #4B8B3D

monochromatic

#211836 #3C2A60 #563D8B #7152B3 #947DC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#563D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#563D8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #563D8B

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##563D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##563D8B	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A4C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#214B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #563d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 61, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.125 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8973ad',
    500: '#563d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #563d8b;
$custom-light: #8973ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#563d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.231,
    "s": 39,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42792,
    "c": 0.12486,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#563D8B

secondary

#9DB074

accent

#CF59A9

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF4

border

#CBC8CE

text

#0C0810

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #563D8B

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

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