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Recognised as Colour

#56297D

  • #56297D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#56297D is a violet with RGB values 86, 41, 125 and HSL 272°, 51%, 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

#56297D#56297D
HEX#56297D
RGBrgb(86, 41, 125)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.1608, 0.4902
RGB percentages33.7%, 16.1%, 49%
HSLhsl(272.1, 50.6%, 32.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.1, 67.2%, 49%)
CMYK31.2%, 67.2%, 0%, 51%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,646,717
CSS custom property--colour: #56297D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05045WCAG 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 10.45:1
Contrast with white10.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#393939
Inverted#A9D682

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003E80no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#13407Bno 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 39.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.45:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 11.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 12.2Midnight blue · ΔE 15.9Indigo · ΔE 20.8Purple · ΔE 22Dark magenta · ΔE 25.9
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 11.09, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#507D29
Analogous#2C297D, #7D297A
Triadic#7D5629, #297D56
Split complementary#7A7D29, #297D2C
Tetradic#7D2C29, #507D29, #297A7D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BC96DC
Lighter +30%#A36FD0
Lighter +20%#8A49C3
Lighter +10%#7036A3
Darker −10%#3C1C57
Darker −20%#211030
Darker −30%#07030A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#571492
Less saturated −25%#553E68

Channel breakdown

R86
G41
B125
Red86 (33.7%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue125 (49%)
Hue272.14°
Saturation (HSL)50.6%
Lightness32.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G 29 · B 7D

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