Recognised as Colour

#63567C

#63567C
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#63567C is a violet with RGB values 99, 86, 124 and HSL 261°, 18%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#63567C#63567C

HEX#63567C

RGBrgb(99, 86, 124)

RGB (0–1)0.3882, 0.3373, 0.4863

RGB percentages38.8%, 33.7%, 48.6%

HSLhsl(260.5, 18.1%, 41.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(260.5, 30.6%, 48.6%)

CMYK20.2%, 30.6%, 0%, 51.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,510,204

CSS custom property--colour: #63567C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10763WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness95 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.66:1

Contrast with white6.66:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C

Inverted#9CA983

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4E5C7Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#505C7Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original

Tritanopia#5F5C64no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 22.8 Dim grey · ΔE 24.4 Light slate grey · ΔE 24.6 Steel blue · ΔE 25.6 Dark slateblue · ΔE 27 Gray · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 22.79, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#6F7C56

Analogous#565C7C, #76567C

Triadic#7C6356, #567C63

Split complementary#7C7656, #5C7C56

Tetradic#7C565C, #6F7C56, #567C76

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#CCC6D8

Lighter +30%#B1A8C3

Lighter +20%#968AAE

Lighter +10%#7B6C99

Darker −10%#4B415E

Darker −20%#332C40

Darker −30%#1B1722

Darker −40%#030204

More saturated +25%#5B3C96

Less saturated −25%#696969

Channel breakdown

R99

G86

B124

Red99 (38.8%)

Green86 (33.7%)

Blue124 (48.6%)

Hue260.53°

Saturation (HSL)18.1%

Lightness41.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 63 · G 56 · B 7C

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