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Recognised as Colour

#561E9F

  • #561E9F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#561E9F is a violet with RGB values 86, 30, 159 and HSL 266°, 68%, 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

#561E9F#561E9F
HEX#561E9F
RGBrgb(86, 30, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.1176, 0.6235
RGB percentages33.7%, 11.8%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(266, 68.3%, 37.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266, 81.1%, 62.4%)
CMYK45.9%, 81.1%, 0%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,643,935
CSS custom property--colour: #561E9F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0541WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness75 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.09:1
Contrast with white10.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#333333
Inverted#A9E160

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0042A2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#00409Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30 from the original
Tritanopia#42435Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.09:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 9.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.4Dark blue · ΔE 16.3Navy · ΔE 16.4Dark orchid · ΔE 20.9Slate blue · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 9.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#679F1E
Analogous#1E279F, #961E9F
Triadic#9F561E, #1E9F56
Split complementary#9F961E, #279F1E
Tetradic#9F1E27, #679F1E, #1E9F96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BF9DEC
Lighter +30%#A372E4
Lighter +20%#8847DC
Lighter +10%#6D26CA
Darker −10%#3F1674
Darker −20%#280E49
Darker −30%#10061E
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5306B7
Less saturated −25%#593687

Channel breakdown

R86
G30
B159
Red86 (33.7%)
Green30 (11.8%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue266.05°
Saturation (HSL)68.25%
Lightness37.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G 1E · B 9F

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