Recognised as Colour

#560CFF

#560CFF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue

#560CFF is a violet with RGB values 86, 12, 255 and HSL 258°, 100%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#560CFF#560CFF

HEX#560CFF

RGBrgb(86, 12, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.0471, 1

RGB percentages33.7%, 4.7%, 100%

HSLhsl(258.3, 100%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(258.3, 95.3%, 100%)

CMYK66.3%, 95.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,639,423

CSS custom property--colour: #560CFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09461WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness98.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.26:1

Contrast with white7.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D

Inverted#A9F300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005EFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#004EFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.7 from the original

Tritanopia#006A96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 112.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 9 Medium blue · ΔE 19 Blue violet · ΔE 27.6 Dark violet · ΔE 30.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 43 Dark blue · ΔE 48.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 8.95, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B5FF0C

Analogous#0C3CFF, #D00CFF

Triadic#FF560C, #0CFF56

Split complementary#FFCF0C, #3CFF0C

Tetradic#FF0C3B, #B5FF0C, #0CFFCF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E4D8FF

Lighter +30%#C0A5FF

Lighter +20%#9D72FF

Lighter +10%#793FFF

Darker −10%#4200D8

Darker −20%#3200A5

Darker −30%#230072

Darker −40%#13003F

More saturated +25%#560CFF

Less saturated −25%#622AE1

Channel breakdown

R86

G12

B255

Red86 (33.7%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue258.27°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness52.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 56 · G 0C · B FF

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