Recognised as Colour

#A560BE

#A560BE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#A560BE is a violet with RGB values 165, 96, 190 and HSL 284°, 42%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A560BE#A560BE

HEX#A560BE

RGBrgb(165, 96, 190)

RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.3765, 0.7451

RGB percentages64.7%, 37.6%, 74.5%

HSLhsl(284, 42%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(284, 49.5%, 74.5%)

CMYK13.2%, 49.5%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,838,206

CSS custom property--colour: #A560BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20083WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.02:1

Contrast with white4.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.02:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#757575

Inverted#5A9F41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4D77C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#627EBBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original

Tritanopia#A46E86no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 14.1 Orchid · ΔE 16.3 Medium orchid · ΔE 17.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 21 Violet · ΔE 21.8 Slate blue · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 14.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#79BE60

Analogous#7660BE, #BE60A8

Triadic#BEA560, #60BEA5

Split complementary#A8BE60, #60BE76

Tetradic#BE7660, #79BE60, #60A8BE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7F1F9

Lighter +30%#E2CDEA

Lighter +20%#CEA8DC

Lighter +10%#B984CD

Darker −10%#8D44A7

Darker −20%#6E3583

Darker −30%#50275E

Darker −40%#31183A

More saturated +25%#B244DA

Less saturated −25%#987CA2

Channel breakdown

R165

G96

B190

Red165 (64.7%)

Green96 (37.6%)

Blue190 (74.5%)

Hue284.04°

Saturation (HSL)41.96%

Lightness56.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A5 · G 60 · B BE

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