Colour

#562C69

#562C69
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#562C69 is a violet with RGB values 86, 44, 105 and HSL 281°, 41%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

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HEX#562C69

RGBrgb(86, 44, 105)

RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.1725, 0.4118

RGB percentages33.7%, 17.3%, 41.2%

HSLhsl(281.3, 40.9%, 29.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(281.3, 58.1%, 41.2%)

CMYK18.1%, 58.1%, 0%, 58.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,647,465

CSS custom property--colour: #562C69;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.048WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.71:1

Contrast with white10.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#393939

Inverted#A9D396

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1C3C6Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#2B3F67no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original

Tritanopia#543646no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 15.5 Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.6 Midnight blue · ΔE 23.9 Purple · ΔE 29.7 Indigo · ΔE 33.3 Dark magenta · ΔE 34.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 15.52, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3F692C

Analogous#372C69, #692C5E

Triadic#69562C, #2C6956

Split complementary#5D692C, #2C6938

Tetradic#69382C, #3F692C, #2C5E69

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BD90D1

Lighter +30%#A76CC2

Lighter +20%#914AB1

Lighter +10%#733B8D

Darker −10%#391D45

Darker −20%#1B0E21

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5D197C

Less saturated −25%#4F3F56

Channel breakdown

R86

G44

B105

Red86 (33.7%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue105 (41.2%)

Hue281.31°

Saturation (HSL)40.94%

Lightness29.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 56 · G 2C · B 69

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