Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#8560AB

  • #8560AB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#8560AB is a violet with RGB values 133, 96, 171 and HSL 270°, 31%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#8560AB#8560AB
HEX#8560AB
RGBrgb(133, 96, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.3765, 0.6706
RGB percentages52.2%, 37.6%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(269.6, 30.9%, 52.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.6, 43.9%, 67.1%)
CMYK22.2%, 43.9%, 0%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,741,035
CSS custom property--colour: #8560AB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16293WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.93:1
Contrast with white4.93:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#7A9F54

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4E6FAEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#5671A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Tritanopia#7F6C7Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.93:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.26:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 18.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 23Slate blue · ΔE 23.9Plum · ΔE 29Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 18.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#86AB60
Analogous#6061AB, #AA60AB
Triadic#AB8560, #60AB85
Split complementary#ABAA60, #61AB60
Tetradic#AB6061, #86AB60, #60ABAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBE5F2
Lighter +30%#D2C4E0
Lighter +20%#B8A3CE
Lighter +10%#9F81BD
Darker −10%#6C4B8D
Darker −20%#52396C
Darker −30%#39274B
Darker −40%#1F1629
More saturated +25%#8542C9
Less saturated −25%#857E8D

Channel breakdown

R133
G96
B171
Red133 (52.2%)
Green96 (37.6%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue269.6°
Saturation (HSL)30.86%
Lightness52.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G 60 · B AB

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “8560ab” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.