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Recognised as Colour

#56116E

  • #56116E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#56116E is a violet with RGB values 86, 17, 110 and HSL 285°, 73%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#56116E#56116E
HEX#56116E
RGBrgb(86, 17, 110)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.0667, 0.4314
RGB percentages33.7%, 6.7%, 43.1%
HSLhsl(284.5, 73.2%, 24.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284.5, 84.5%, 43.1%)
CMYK21.8%, 84.5%, 0%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,640,558
CSS custom property--colour: #56116E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03505WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness61.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.35:1
Contrast with white12.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#262626
Inverted#A9EE91

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003170no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0B366Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original
Tritanopia#542840no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.35:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.4Purple · ΔE 16.5Indigo · ΔE 17Midnight blue · ΔE 18.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.8Dark magenta · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 14.36, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#296E11
Analogous#27116E, #6E1158
Triadic#6E5611, #116E56
Split complementary#586E11, #116E27
Tetradic#6E2711, #296E11, #11586E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C564E7
Lighter +30%#B538E0
Lighter +20%#9B1FC6
Lighter +10%#79189A
Darker −10%#330A42
Darker −20%#110316
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5E017E
Less saturated −25%#4E215E

Channel breakdown

R86
G17
B110
Red86 (33.7%)
Green17 (6.7%)
Blue110 (43.1%)
Hue284.52°
Saturation (HSL)73.23%
Lightness24.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G 11 · B 6E

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