Recognised as Colour

#560CA7

#560CA7
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#560CA7 is a violet with RGB values 86, 12, 167 and HSL 269°, 87%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#560CA7#560CA7

HEX#560CA7

RGBrgb(86, 12, 167)

RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.0471, 0.6549

RGB percentages33.7%, 4.7%, 65.5%

HSLhsl(268.6, 86.6%, 35.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(268.6, 92.8%, 65.5%)

CMYK48.5%, 92.8%, 0%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,639,335

CSS custom property--colour: #560CA7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05031WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness74 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.47:1

Contrast with white10.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#272727

Inverted#A9F358

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0040ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#003DA4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original

Tritanopia#3E4161no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 14.9 Indigo · ΔE 15.5 Navy · ΔE 17.8 Dark orchid · ΔE 18.6 Blue violet · ΔE 21.1 Dark violet · ΔE 22.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 14.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5DA70C

Analogous#0C10A7, #A40CA7

Triadic#A7560C, #0CA756

Split complementary#A7A30C, #10A70C

Tetradic#A70C0F, #5DA70C, #0CA7A3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BD89F6

Lighter +30%#A359F3

Lighter +20%#8829F0

Lighter +10%#6F0FD7

Darker −10%#3D0977

Darker −20%#250548

Darker −30%#0C0218

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5500B3

Less saturated −25%#572291

Channel breakdown

R86

G12

B167

Red86 (33.7%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue167 (65.5%)

Hue268.65°

Saturation (HSL)86.59%

Lightness35.1%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 56 · G 0C · B A7

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