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Colour

#563C8E

  • #563C8E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#563C8E is a violet with RGB values 86, 60, 142 and HSL 259°, 41%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#563C8E#563C8E
HEX#563C8E
RGBrgb(86, 60, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.2353, 0.5569
RGB percentages33.7%, 23.5%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(259, 40.6%, 39.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259, 57.7%, 55.7%)
CMYK39.4%, 57.7%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,651,598
CSS custom property--colour: #563C8E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07163WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness81.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.63:1
Contrast with white8.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#474747
Inverted#A9C371

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#134C91no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#1C4A8Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Tritanopia#484D5Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.63:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 5.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.1Midnight blue · ΔE 18.1Slate blue · ΔE 21.4Medium purple · ΔE 25Indigo · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 5.14, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#748E3C
Analogous#3C4B8E, #7F3C8E
Triadic#8E563C, #3C8E56
Split complementary#8E7F3C, #4B8E3C
Tetradic#8E3C4B, #748E3C, #3C8E7F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C3B6E0
Lighter +30%#A692D1
Lighter +20%#896EC2
Lighter +10%#6C4BB2
Darker −10%#402D6A
Darker −20%#2B1E46
Darker −30%#150F22
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4D23A7
Less saturated −25%#5F5575

Channel breakdown

R86
G60
B142
Red86 (33.7%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue259.02°
Saturation (HSL)40.59%
Lightness39.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G 3C · B 8E

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