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Recognised as Colour

#563C70

  • #563C70
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#563C70 is a violet with RGB values 86, 60, 112 and HSL 270°, 30%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#563C70#563C70
HEX#563C70
RGBrgb(86, 60, 112)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.2353, 0.4392
RGB percentages33.7%, 23.5%, 43.9%
HSLhsl(270, 30.2%, 33.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 46.4%, 43.9%)
CMYK23.2%, 46.4%, 0%, 56.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,651,568
CSS custom property--colour: #563C70;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0638WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness75.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.23:1
Contrast with white9.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#454545
Inverted#A9C38F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2F4772no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original
Deuteranopia#35486Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Tritanopia#524550no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.23:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.5Midnight blue · ΔE 29.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 29.4Steel blue · ΔE 35.3Slate grey · ΔE 36.9Dim grey · ΔE 37.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 16.55, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#56703C
Analogous#3C3C70, #703C70
Triadic#70563C, #3C7056
Split complementary#70703C, #3C703C
Tetradic#703C3C, #56703C, #3C7070

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BCA8D0
Lighter +30%#A387BE
Lighter +20%#8965AD
Lighter +10%#704E91
Darker −10%#3D2A4F
Darker −20%#23182E
Darker −30%#0A070C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#562786
Less saturated −25%#56525B

Channel breakdown

R86
G60
B112
Red86 (33.7%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue112 (43.9%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)30.23%
Lightness33.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G 3C · B 70

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