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#560261

#560261 is a very dark, vivid pink, close to the color Purple. In RGB it’s made of 33.7% red, 0.8% green, and 38% blue. Its hue is 293°, with 96% saturation and 19% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. White text sits best on top of it.

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Contrast & readability

WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.

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13.32:1 AAA
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This color as text on black

1.58:1 Fail

How it looks with color blindness

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #560261 as they’d see it.

Typical vision#560261
ProtanopiaNo red cones (about 1% of men)
DeuteranopiaNo green cones (the most common, about 1% of men)
TritanopiaNo blue cones (rare)
AchromatopsiaNo color vision (very rare)

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Questions about #560261

What color is #560261?

#560261 is a very dark, vivid pink, close to the color Purple. In RGB it’s made of 33.7% red, 0.8% green, and 38% blue. Its hue is 293°, with 96% saturation and 19% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. White text sits best on top of it.

What is #560261 in RGB?

#560261 is rgb(86, 2, 97): 86 red, 2 green, and 97 blue on a 0–255 scale.

What is #560261 in CMYK?

Roughly cmyk(11, 98, 0, 62). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.

What Pantone is closest to #560261?

PANTONE 2615 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.

What color goes with #560261?

Its complement #053800 gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.

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