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Recognised as Colour

#A56FE6

  • #A56FE6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A56FE6 is a violet with RGB values 165, 111, 230 and HSL 267°, 70%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A56FE6#A56FE6
HEX#A56FE6
RGBrgb(165, 111, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.4353, 0.902
RGB percentages64.7%, 43.5%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(267.2, 70.4%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.2, 51.7%, 90.2%)
CMYK28.3%, 51.7%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,842,086
CSS custom property--colour: #A56FE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25081WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.02:1
Contrast with white3.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.02:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#5A9019

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4788EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#5789E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34 from the original
Tritanopia#9985A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.49:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 8.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 14.1Slate blue · ΔE 15.5Medium orchid · ΔE 15.7Orchid · ΔE 21.9Violet · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 8.6, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B0E66F
Analogous#6F75E6, #E16FE6
Triadic#E6A56F, #6FE6A5
Split complementary#E6E16F, #75E66F
Tetradic#E66F75, #B0E66F, #6FE6E1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6F1FD
Lighter +20%#DBC6F5
Lighter +10%#C09AEE
Darker −10%#8A44DE
Darker −20%#7023CC
Darker −30%#581CA0
Darker −40%#401475
More saturated +25%#A35AFB
Less saturated −25%#A784D1

Channel breakdown

R165
G111
B230
Red165 (64.7%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue267.23°
Saturation (HSL)70.41%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A5 · G 6F · B E6

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