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Recognised as Colour

#562E7B

  • #562E7B
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#562E7B is a violet with RGB values 86, 46, 123 and HSL 271°, 46%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#562E7B#562E7B
HEX#562E7B
RGBrgb(86, 46, 123)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.1804, 0.4824
RGB percentages33.7%, 18%, 48.2%
HSLhsl(271.2, 45.6%, 33.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.2, 62.6%, 48.2%)
CMYK30.1%, 62.6%, 0%, 51.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,647,995
CSS custom property--colour: #562E7B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05362WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness72 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.13:1
Contrast with white10.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C
Inverted#A9D184

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#08407Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#1D4279no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Tritanopia#503D50no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.13:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 10Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.4Midnight blue · ΔE 17.5Purple · ΔE 24.9Indigo · ΔE 25.1Slate blue · ΔE 27.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 9.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#537B2E
Analogous#302E7B, #7B2E79
Triadic#7B562E, #2E7B56
Split complementary#7A7B2E, #2E7B2F
Tetradic#7B2F2E, #537B2E, #2E7A7B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BC9BDA
Lighter +30%#A376CC
Lighter +20%#8A51BE
Lighter +10%#703CA0
Darker −10%#3C2056
Darker −20%#221231
Darker −30%#08040C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#571990
Less saturated −25%#554366

Channel breakdown

R86
G46
B123
Red86 (33.7%)
Green46 (18%)
Blue123 (48.2%)
Hue271.17°
Saturation (HSL)45.56%
Lightness33.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G 2E · B 7B

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