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Recognised as Colour

#561F8B

  • #561F8B
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#561F8B is a violet with RGB values 86, 31, 139 and HSL 271°, 64%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#561F8B#561F8B
HEX#561F8B
RGBrgb(86, 31, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.1216, 0.5451
RGB percentages33.7%, 12.2%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(270.6, 63.5%, 33.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.6, 77.7%, 54.5%)
CMYK38.1%, 77.7%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,644,171
CSS custom property--colour: #561F8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04822WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness70.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.69:1
Contrast with white10.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#323232
Inverted#A9E074

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003D8Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#003E89no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Tritanopia#4B3B54no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.69:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 7.6Indigo · ΔE 9.1Midnight blue · ΔE 17.5Purple · ΔE 18.8Navy · ΔE 20.3Dark magenta · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 7.65, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#548B1F
Analogous#201F8B, #8B1F8A
Triadic#8B561F, #1F8B56
Split complementary#8A8B1F, #1F8B20
Tetradic#8B201F, #548B1F, #1F8A8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BC90E6
Lighter +30%#A366DD
Lighter +20%#893CD4
Lighter +10%#7028B5
Darker −10%#3C1661
Darker −20%#220C38
Darker −30%#09030E
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#560AA0
Less saturated −25%#563476

Channel breakdown

R86
G31
B139
Red86 (33.7%)
Green31 (12.2%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue270.56°
Saturation (HSL)63.53%
Lightness33.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G 1F · B 8B

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