Recognised as Colour

#56305F

#56305F
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#56305F is a violet with RGB values 86, 48, 95 and HSL 289°, 33%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

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HEX#56305F

RGBrgb(86, 48, 95)

RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.1882, 0.3725

RGB percentages33.7%, 18.8%, 37.3%

HSLhsl(288.5, 32.9%, 28%)

HSV / HSBhsv(288.5, 49.5%, 37.3%)

CMYK9.5%, 49.5%, 0%, 62.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,648,479

CSS custom property--colour: #56305F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04919WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.59:1

Contrast with white10.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B

Inverted#A9CFA0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#293C61no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#33405Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original

Tritanopia#563643no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.5 Midnight blue · ΔE 31 Rebecca purple · ΔE 31.8 Purple · ΔE 36.5 Dim grey · ΔE 37.9 Slate grey · ΔE 39.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 21.52, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#395F30

Analogous#3F305F, #5F3051

Triadic#5F5630, #305F56

Split complementary#515F30, #305F3F

Tetradic#5F3E30, #395F30, #30515F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BE93C8

Lighter +30%#AA71B7

Lighter +20%#9352A3

Lighter +10%#754181

Darker −10%#371F3D

Darker −20%#190E1B

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#611E71

Less saturated −25%#4B424D

Channel breakdown

R86

G48

B95

Red86 (33.7%)

Green48 (18.8%)

Blue95 (37.3%)

Hue288.51°

Saturation (HSL)32.87%

Lightness28.04%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 56 · G 30 · B 5F

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