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Recognised as Colour

#56287E

  • #56287E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#56287E is a violet with RGB values 86, 40, 126 and HSL 272°, 52%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#56287E#56287E
HEX#56287E
RGBrgb(86, 40, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.1569, 0.4941
RGB percentages33.7%, 15.7%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(272.1, 51.8%, 32.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.1, 68.3%, 49.4%)
CMYK31.7%, 68.3%, 0%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,646,462
CSS custom property--colour: #56287E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05002WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness70.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.5:1
Contrast with white10.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#383838
Inverted#A9D781

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003E81no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0F3F7Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Tritanopia#4F3B4Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 10.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 12.9Midnight blue · ΔE 15.6Indigo · ΔE 19.7Purple · ΔE 21.4Dark magenta · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 10.24, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#507E28
Analogous#2B287E, #7E287B
Triadic#7E5628, #287E56
Split complementary#7B7E28, #287E2B
Tetradic#7E2B28, #507E28, #287B7E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BC95DD
Lighter +30%#A36ED1
Lighter +20%#8A47C5
Lighter +10%#7034A5
Darker −10%#3C1C57
Darker −20%#210F31
Darker −30%#07030A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#571393
Less saturated −25%#553D69

Channel breakdown

R86
G40
B126
Red86 (33.7%)
Green40 (15.7%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue272.09°
Saturation (HSL)51.81%
Lightness32.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G 28 · B 7E

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