Colour

#56019C

#56019C
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#56019C is a violet with RGB values 86, 1, 156 and HSL 273°, 99%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#56019C

RGBrgb(86, 1, 156)

RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.0039, 0.6118

RGB percentages33.7%, 0.4%, 61.2%

HSLhsl(272.9, 98.7%, 30.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(272.9, 99.4%, 61.2%)

CMYK44.9%, 99.4%, 0%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,636,508

CSS custom property--colour: #56019C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.044WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness70.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.17:1

Contrast with white11.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E

Inverted#A9FE63

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003BA0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#003A9Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original

Tritanopia#443A5Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 11.9 Dark blue · ΔE 14.5 Navy · ΔE 16.4 Dark orchid · ΔE 19.8 Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.9 Blue violet · ΔE 24.3

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 11.85, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#479C01

Analogous#09019C, #9C0194

Triadic#9C5601, #019C56

Split complementary#949C01, #019C09

Tetradic#9C0901, #479C01, #01949C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#BC6BFE

Lighter +30%#A538FE

Lighter +20%#8D06FD

Lighter +10%#7201CF

Darker −10%#3A0169

Darker −20%#1E0037

Darker −30%#020004

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#56009D

Less saturated −25%#541588

Channel breakdown

R86

B156

Red86 (33.7%)

Green1 (0.4%)

Blue156 (61.2%)

Hue272.9°

Saturation (HSL)98.73%

Lightness30.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 56 · G 01 · B 9C

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