Recognised as Colour

#8561BE

#8561BE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#8561BE is a violet with RGB values 133, 97, 190 and HSL 263°, 42%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#8561BE

RGBrgb(133, 97, 190)

RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.3804, 0.7451

RGB percentages52.2%, 38%, 74.5%

HSLhsl(263.2, 41.7%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(263.2, 48.9%, 74.5%)

CMYK30%, 48.9%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,741,310

CSS custom property--colour: #8561BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17254WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness122.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.72:1

Contrast with white4.72:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F

Inverted#7A9E41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4373C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#4C73BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original

Tritanopia#7A7286no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.45:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.3 Slate blue · ΔE 14.5 Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.6 Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.9 Royal blue · ΔE 22.9

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.32, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9ABE61

Analogous#616BBE, #B461BE

Triadic#BE8561, #61BE85

Split complementary#BEB361, #6CBE61

Tetradic#BE616B, #9ABE61, #61BEB4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5F2F9

Lighter +30%#D9CDEB

Lighter +20%#BDA9DC

Lighter +10%#A185CD

Darker −10%#6B45A7

Darker −20%#543683

Darker −30%#3D275F

Darker −40%#26183B

More saturated +25%#7F45DA

Less saturated −25%#8B7DA2

Channel breakdown

R133

G97

B190

Red133 (52.2%)

Green97 (38%)

Blue190 (74.5%)

Hue263.23°

Saturation (HSL)41.7%

Lightness56.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 85 · G 61 · B BE

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