#563D8D#563D8D

#563D8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.128 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#563D8D
RGB	rgb(86, 61, 141)
HSL	hsl(259, 40%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(259, 57%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 56.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.34, 30.10, -40.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.34, 50.70, 306.41°)
OKLab	oklab(42.93% 0.0537 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(42.93% 0.128 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.3130, 7.2388, 26.0480)
Luminance	0.0724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#563D8D #748D3D

analogous

#3D4C8D #563D8D #7E3D8D

triadic

#563D8D #8D563D #3D8D56

tetradic

#563D8D #8D3D4C #748D3D #3D8D7E

square

#563D8D #8D3D4C #748D3D #3D8D7E

split-complementary

#563D8D #8D7E3D #4C8D3D

monochromatic

#221838 #3C2B62 #563D8D #7153B4 #947DC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#563D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#563D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #563D8D

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##563D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##563D8D	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#174D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F4B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #563d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 61, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.128 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8973af',
    500: '#563d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #563d8d;
$custom-light: #8973af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#563d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 39.604,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42932,
    "c": 0.12761,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#563D8D

secondary

#9EB175

accent

#CF58AA

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF4

border

#CBC8CE

text

#0C0810

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #563D8D

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

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