Recognised as Colour

#56029B

#56029B
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#56029B is a violet with RGB values 86, 2, 155 and HSL 273°, 97%, 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

#56029B#56029B

HEX#56029B

RGBrgb(86, 2, 155)

RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.0078, 0.6078

RGB percentages33.7%, 0.8%, 60.8%

HSLhsl(272.9, 97.5%, 30.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(272.9, 98.7%, 60.8%)

CMYK44.5%, 98.7%, 0%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,636,763

CSS custom property--colour: #56029B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04388WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness70.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.18:1

Contrast with white11.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F

Inverted#A9FD64

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003B9Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#003A99no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original

Tritanopia#443A59no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 11.2 Dark blue · ΔE 14.5 Navy · ΔE 16.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 19.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.3 Dark magenta · ΔE 24.5

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 11.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#479B02

Analogous#0A029B, #9B0293

Triadic#9B5602, #029B56

Split complementary#939B02, #029B09

Tetradic#9B0902, #479B02, #02939B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BC6CFD

Lighter +30%#A53AFC

Lighter +20%#8D07FC

Lighter +10%#7203CD

Darker −10%#3A0169

Darker −20%#1E0136

Darker −30%#020004

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#56009D

Less saturated −25%#541687

Channel breakdown

R86

B155

Red86 (33.7%)

Green2 (0.8%)

Blue155 (60.8%)

Hue272.94°

Saturation (HSL)97.45%

Lightness30.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 56 · G 02 · B 9B

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