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Recognised as Colour

#56006A

  • #56006A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#56006A is a violet with RGB values 86, 0, 106 and HSL 289°, 100%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#56006A#56006A
HEX#56006A
RGBrgb(86, 0, 106)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0, 0.4157
RGB percentages33.7%, 0%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(288.7, 100%, 20.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.7, 100%, 41.6%)
CMYK18.9%, 100%, 0%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,636,202
CSS custom property--colour: #56006A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03019WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness59.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.09:1
Contrast with white13.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1A1A1A
Inverted#A9FF95

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002C6Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#043368no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Tritanopia#551F3Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.09:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 14.6Indigo · ΔE 15.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.4Dark magenta · ΔE 19.1Midnight blue · ΔE 20.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 14.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#146A00
Analogous#21006A, #6A0049
Triadic#6A5600, #006A56
Split complementary#496A00, #006A21
Tetradic#6A2100, #146A00, #00496A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D937FF
Lighter +30%#D004FF
Lighter +20%#A900D0
Lighter +10%#7F009D
Darker −10%#2D0037
Darker −20%#030004
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#56006A
Less saturated −25%#4E0D5D

Channel breakdown

R86
G0
B106
Red86 (33.7%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue288.68°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness20.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G 00 · B 6A

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