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Recognised as Colour

#562CA6

  • #562CA6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#562CA6 is a violet with RGB values 86, 44, 166 and HSL 261°, 58%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#562CA6#562CA6
HEX#562CA6
RGBrgb(86, 44, 166)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.1725, 0.651
RGB percentages33.7%, 17.3%, 65.1%
HSLhsl(260.7, 58.1%, 41.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.7, 73.5%, 65.1%)
CMYK48.2%, 73.5%, 0%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,647,526
CSS custom property--colour: #562CA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06533WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness80.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.1:1
Contrast with white9.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E
Inverted#A9D359

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004AAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original
Deuteranopia#0046A4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Tritanopia#3D4C66no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.1:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 12.3Indigo · ΔE 12.6Slate blue · ΔE 18.2Navy · ΔE 18.8Dark blue · ΔE 19.2Dark orchid · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 12.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7CA62C
Analogous#2C3FA6, #932CA6
Triadic#A6562C, #2CA656
Split complementary#A6932C, #3FA62C
Tetradic#A62C3F, #7CA62C, #2CA693

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C6B3EB
Lighter +30%#A88BE0
Lighter +20%#8A62D6
Lighter +10%#6C3ACB
Darker −10%#41217E
Darker −20%#2C1755
Darker −30%#170C2D
Darker −40%#020105
More saturated +25%#4E12C0
Less saturated −25%#5E468C

Channel breakdown

R86
G44
B166
Red86 (33.7%)
Green44 (17.3%)
Blue166 (65.1%)
Hue260.66°
Saturation (HSL)58.1%
Lightness41.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G 2C · B A6

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