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Recognised as Colour

#8563BA

  • #8563BA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#8563BA is a violet with RGB values 133, 99, 186 and HSL 263°, 39%, 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

#8563BA#8563BA
HEX#8563BA
RGBrgb(133, 99, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.3882, 0.7294
RGB percentages52.2%, 38.8%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(263.4, 38.7%, 55.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.4, 46.8%, 72.9%)
CMYK28.5%, 46.8%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,741,818
CSS custom property--colour: #8563BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17455WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.68:1
Contrast with white4.68:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#717171
Inverted#7A9C45

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4974BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#5173B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Tritanopia#7B7386no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.68:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.49:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 11.9Slate blue · ΔE 17.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 19Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.2Royal blue · ΔE 24.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 11.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#98BA63
Analogous#636DBA, #B063BA
Triadic#BA8563, #63BA85
Split complementary#BAB163, #6DBA63
Tetradic#BA636D, #98BA63, #63BAB0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4F0F9
Lighter +30%#D8CDE9
Lighter +20%#BCAAD9
Lighter +10%#A186CA
Darker −10%#6B48A2
Darker −20%#54387F
Darker −30%#3C285C
Darker −40%#251938
More saturated +25%#7F47D6
Less saturated −25%#8B7F9E

Channel breakdown

R133
G99
B186
Red133 (52.2%)
Green99 (38.8%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue263.45°
Saturation (HSL)38.67%
Lightness55.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G 63 · B BA

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