Colour

#56337D

#56337D
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#56337D is a violet with RGB values 86, 51, 125 and HSL 268°, 42%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

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HEX#56337D

RGBrgb(86, 51, 125)

RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.2, 0.4902

RGB percentages33.7%, 20%, 49%

HSLhsl(268.4, 42%, 34.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(268.4, 59.2%, 49%)

CMYK31.2%, 59.2%, 0%, 51%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,649,277

CSS custom property--colour: #56337D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05827WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness74.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.7:1

Contrast with white9.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#404040

Inverted#A9CC82

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#14447Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#22447Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original

Tritanopia#4F4253no 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 text9.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 8.3 Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.1 Midnight blue · ΔE 18.7 Purple · ΔE 27.3 Slate blue · ΔE 27.4 Indigo · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 8.31, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5A7D33

Analogous#33357D, #7B337D

Triadic#7D5633, #337D56

Split complementary#7D7B33, #357D33

Tetradic#7D3335, #5A7D33, #337D7B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BDA3D9

Lighter +30%#A27ECB

Lighter +20%#885ABC

Lighter +10%#6F42A1

Darker −10%#3D2459

Darker −20%#241535

Darker −30%#0B0710

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#551D93

Less saturated −25%#574967

Channel breakdown

R86

G51

B125

Red86 (33.7%)

Green51 (20%)

Blue125 (49%)

Hue268.38°

Saturation (HSL)42.05%

Lightness34.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 56 · G 33 · B 7D

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