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Recognised as Colour

#65596A

  • #65596A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#65596A is a violet with RGB values 101, 89, 106 and HSL 282°, 9%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#65596A#65596A
HEX#65596A
RGBrgb(101, 89, 106)
RGB (0–1)0.3961, 0.349, 0.4157
RGB percentages39.6%, 34.9%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(282.4, 8.7%, 38.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282.4, 16%, 41.6%)
CMYK4.7%, 16%, 0%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,642,026
CSS custom property--colour: #65596A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10952WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.58:1
Contrast with white6.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D
Inverted#9AA695

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#575C6Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#595D69no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Tritanopia#655B5Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 12.5Slate grey · ΔE 17.2Gray · ΔE 18.2Light slate grey · ΔE 19.8Dark slate grey · ΔE 22.1Rosy brown · ΔE 29.4
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 12.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5E6A59
Analogous#5C596A, #6A5967
Triadic#6A6559, #596A65
Split complementary#676A59, #596A5C
Tetradic#6A5C59, #5E6A59, #59676A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C9C3CC
Lighter +30%#B1A7B5
Lighter +20%#988B9E
Lighter +10%#7F7086
Darker −10%#4B424E
Darker −20%#302A33
Darker −30%#161317
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6F4182
Less saturated −25%#626262

Channel breakdown

R101
G89
B106
Red101 (39.6%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue282.35°
Saturation (HSL)8.72%
Lightness38.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 65 · G 59 · B 6A

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