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Colour

#56359A

  • #56359A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#56359A is a violet with RGB values 86, 53, 154 and HSL 260°, 49%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#56359A#56359A
HEX#56359A
RGBrgb(86, 53, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.2078, 0.6039
RGB percentages33.7%, 20.8%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(259.6, 48.8%, 40.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.6, 65.6%, 60.4%)
CMYK44.2%, 65.6%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,649,818
CSS custom property--colour: #56359A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06858WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness81 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.85:1
Contrast with white8.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#434343
Inverted#A9CA65

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004B9Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#004898no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Tritanopia#434D62no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.85:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 5.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 14.9Slate blue · ΔE 16Midnight blue · ΔE 17.1Indigo · ΔE 17.4Medium purple · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 5.44, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#799A35
Analogous#35469A, #89359A
Triadic#9A5635, #359A56
Split complementary#9A8935, #479A35
Tetradic#9A3546, #799A35, #359A89

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C5B5E6
Lighter +30%#A78FD9
Lighter +20%#8A69CC
Lighter +10%#6C44BE
Darker −10%#412874
Darker −20%#2C1B4E
Darker −30%#160E28
Darker −40%#010102
More saturated +25%#4D1BB4
Less saturated −25%#5F4F80

Channel breakdown

R86
G53
B154
Red86 (33.7%)
Green53 (20.8%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue259.6°
Saturation (HSL)48.79%
Lightness40.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G 35 · B 9A

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