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Recognised as Colour

#564E6E

  • #564E6E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#564E6E is a violet with RGB values 86, 78, 110 and HSL 255°, 17%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#564E6E#564E6E
HEX#564E6E
RGBrgb(86, 78, 110)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.3059, 0.4314
RGB percentages33.7%, 30.6%, 43.1%
HSLhsl(255, 17%, 36.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255, 29.1%, 43.1%)
CMYK21.8%, 29.1%, 0%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,656,174
CSS custom property--colour: #564E6E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08553WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness84.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.75:1
Contrast with white7.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#525252
Inverted#A9B191

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#47536Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#48526Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Tritanopia#515359no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.75:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 22.3Slate grey · ΔE 22.9Light slate grey · ΔE 25.3Dark slate grey · ΔE 26.5Steel blue · ΔE 27.3Gray · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 22.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#666E4E
Analogous#4E566E, #664E6E
Triadic#6E564E, #4E6E56
Split complementary#6E664E, #566E4E
Tetradic#6E4E56, #666E4E, #4E6E66

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BFBACE
Lighter +30%#A39CB9
Lighter +20%#887EA4
Lighter +10%#6D638C
Darker −10%#3F3950
Darker −20%#272432
Darker −30%#100F14
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4A3786
Less saturated −25%#5E5E5E

Channel breakdown

R86
G78
B110
Red86 (33.7%)
Green78 (30.6%)
Blue110 (43.1%)
Hue255°
Saturation (HSL)17.02%
Lightness36.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G 4E · B 6E

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