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Recognised as Colour

#561AB5

  • #561AB5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark blue

#561AB5 is a violet with RGB values 86, 26, 181 and HSL 263°, 75%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#561AB5#561AB5
HEX#561AB5
RGBrgb(86, 26, 181)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.102, 0.7098
RGB percentages33.7%, 10.2%, 71%
HSLhsl(263.2, 74.9%, 40.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.2, 85.6%, 71%)
CMYK52.5%, 85.6%, 0%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,642,933
CSS custom property--colour: #561AB5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06053WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness79.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.5:1
Contrast with white9.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#323232
Inverted#A9E54A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0048B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0042B2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Tritanopia#334B6Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 16.8Blue violet · ΔE 17.9Dark orchid · ΔE 18.1Indigo · ΔE 19.8Navy · ΔE 20.4Dark violet · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 16.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79B51A
Analogous#1A2BB5, #A41AB5
Triadic#B5561A, #1AB556
Split complementary#B5A31A, #2CB51A
Tetradic#B51A2B, #79B51A, #1AB5A4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C5A8F3
Lighter +30%#A77CEC
Lighter +20%#8A4FE6
Lighter +10%#6C23DF
Darker −10%#411488
Darker −20%#2C0D5C
Darker −30%#16072F
Darker −40%#010003
More saturated +25%#5000CF
Less saturated −25%#5C349B

Channel breakdown

R86
G26
B181
Red86 (33.7%)
Green26 (10.2%)
Blue181 (71%)
Hue263.23°
Saturation (HSL)74.88%
Lightness40.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G 1A · B B5

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