Recognised as Colour

#561AB0

#561AB0
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#561AB0 is a violet with RGB values 86, 26, 176 and HSL 264°, 74%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

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HEX#561AB0

RGBrgb(86, 26, 176)

RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.102, 0.6902

RGB percentages33.7%, 10.2%, 69%

HSLhsl(264, 74.3%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(264, 85.2%, 69%)

CMYK51.1%, 85.2%, 0%, 31%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,642,928

CSS custom property--colour: #561AB0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05852WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness78.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.68:1

Contrast with white9.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#A9E54F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0046B4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#0041ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original

Tritanopia#374968no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 15.8 Indigo · ΔE 17.4 Dark orchid · ΔE 18.1 Navy · ΔE 18.9 Blue violet · ΔE 19.8 Dark violet · ΔE 22.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 15.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#74B01A

Analogous#1A29B0, #A11AB0

Triadic#B0561A, #1AB056

Split complementary#B0A11A, #29B01A

Tetradic#B01A29, #74B01A, #1AB0A1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C3A4F2

Lighter +30%#A678EB

Lighter +20%#894CE4

Lighter +10%#6C21DC

Darker −10%#401384

Darker −20%#2B0D57

Darker −30%#15062B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5101C9

Less saturated −25%#5B3397

Channel breakdown

R86

G26

B176

Red86 (33.7%)

Green26 (10.2%)

Blue176 (69%)

Hue264°

Saturation (HSL)74.26%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 56 · G 1A · B B0

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