Recognised as Colour

#561AA5

#561AA5
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#561AA5 is a violet with RGB values 86, 26, 165 and HSL 266°, 73%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#561AA5

RGBrgb(86, 26, 165)

RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.102, 0.6471

RGB percentages33.7%, 10.2%, 64.7%

HSLhsl(265.9, 72.8%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(265.9, 84.2%, 64.7%)

CMYK47.9%, 84.2%, 0%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,642,917

CSS custom property--colour: #561AA5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05434WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness75.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.06:1

Contrast with white10.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#313131

Inverted#A9E55A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0043A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#0040A3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original

Tritanopia#3E4462no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 12.2 Dark blue · ΔE 15 Navy · ΔE 16.6 Dark orchid · ΔE 19.1 Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.8 Blue violet · ΔE 24.4

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 12.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#69A51A

Analogous#1A23A5, #9C1AA5

Triadic#A5561A, #1AA556

Split complementary#A59C1A, #23A51A

Tetradic#A51A23, #69A51A, #1AA59C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C09CEF

Lighter +30%#A470E8

Lighter +20%#8844E1

Lighter +10%#6D21D1

Darker −10%#3F1379

Darker −20%#280C4D

Darker −30%#110521

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5302BD

Less saturated −25%#59328D

Channel breakdown

R86

G26

B165

Red86 (33.7%)

Green26 (10.2%)

Blue165 (64.7%)

Hue265.9°

Saturation (HSL)72.77%

Lightness37.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 56 · G 1A · B A5

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