Recognised as Colour

#561D6C

#561D6C
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#561D6C is a violet with RGB values 86, 29, 108 and HSL 283°, 58%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#561D6C#561D6C

HEX#561D6C

RGBrgb(86, 29, 108)

RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.1137, 0.4235

RGB percentages33.7%, 11.4%, 42.4%

HSLhsl(283.3, 57.7%, 26.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(283.3, 73.1%, 42.4%)

CMYK20.4%, 73.1%, 0%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,643,628

CSS custom property--colour: #561D6C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0394WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness63.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.75:1

Contrast with white11.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#A9E293

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00356Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#1A396Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original

Tritanopia#542D42no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.4 Dark slateblue · ΔE 17 Midnight blue · ΔE 18.7 Purple · ΔE 20.8 Indigo · ΔE 22.9 Dark magenta · ΔE 25.4

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 16.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#336C1D

Analogous#2F1D6C, #6C1D5A

Triadic#6C561D, #1D6C56

Split complementary#5A6C1D, #1D6C2F

Tetradic#6C2F1D, #336C1D, #1D5A6C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C07ADB

Lighter +30%#AD52D0

Lighter +20%#9633BC

Lighter +10%#762894

Darker −10%#361244

Darker −20%#16071C

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5E0C7D

Less saturated −25%#4E2E5B

Channel breakdown

R86

G29

B108

Red86 (33.7%)

Green29 (11.4%)

Blue108 (42.4%)

Hue283.29°

Saturation (HSL)57.66%

Lightness26.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 56 · G 1D · B 6C

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