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Recognised as Colour

#56315B

  • #56315B
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#56315B is a magenta with RGB values 86, 49, 91 and HSL 293°, 30%, 27%. 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

#56315B#56315B
HEX#56315B
RGBrgb(86, 49, 91)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.1922, 0.3569
RGB percentages33.7%, 19.2%, 35.7%
HSLhsl(292.9, 30%, 27.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(292.9, 46.2%, 35.7%)
CMYK5.5%, 46.2%, 0%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,648,731
CSS custom property--colour: #56315B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0493WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness67.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.57:1
Contrast with white10.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C
Inverted#A9CEA4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2C3C5Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original
Deuteranopia#36405Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Tritanopia#573641no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.57:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.2Midnight blue · ΔE 33.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 34.8Dim grey · ΔE 35.4Slate grey · ΔE 38.2Purple · ΔE 39.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 24.18, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#365B31
Analogous#41315B, #5B314B
Triadic#5B5631, #315B56
Split complementary#4B5B31, #315B41
Tetradic#5B4131, #365B31, #314B5B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BF93C5
Lighter +30%#AB72B3
Lighter +20%#95559D
Lighter +10%#75437C
Darker −10%#371F3A
Darker −20%#170D19
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#63206D
Less saturated −25%#49434A

Channel breakdown

R86
G49
B91
Red86 (33.7%)
Green49 (19.2%)
Blue91 (35.7%)
Hue292.86°
Saturation (HSL)30%
Lightness27.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G 31 · B 5B

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