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Colour

#56356D

  • #56356D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#56356D is a violet with RGB values 86, 53, 109 and HSL 275°, 35%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#56356D#56356D
HEX#56356D
RGBrgb(86, 53, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.2078, 0.4275
RGB percentages33.7%, 20.8%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(275.4, 34.6%, 31.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.4, 51.4%, 42.7%)
CMYK21.1%, 51.4%, 0%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,649,773
CSS custom property--colour: #56356D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05629WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness72.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.88:1
Contrast with white9.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#404040
Inverted#A9CA92

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#27426Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#30446Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Tritanopia#533E4Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 15.3Midnight blue · ΔE 26.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.5Purple · ΔE 34Slate blue · ΔE 36.5Medium purple · ΔE 36.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 15.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4C6D35
Analogous#3A356D, #6D3568
Triadic#6D5635, #356D56
Split complementary#686D35, #356D3A
Tetradic#6D3A35, #4C6D35, #35686D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BB9ED0
Lighter +30%#A47CBF
Lighter +20%#8C59AF
Lighter +10%#71468F
Darker −10%#3B244B
Darker −20%#201428
Darker −30%#050306
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5A2181
Less saturated −25%#524959

Channel breakdown

R86
G53
B109
Red86 (33.7%)
Green53 (20.8%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue275.36°
Saturation (HSL)34.57%
Lightness31.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G 35 · B 6D

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