Colour

#550E5F

#550E5F
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Purple

#550E5F is a magenta with RGB values 85, 14, 95 and HSL 293°, 74%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#550E5F#550E5F

HEX#550E5F

RGBrgb(85, 14, 95)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.0549, 0.3725

RGB percentages33.3%, 5.5%, 37.3%

HSLhsl(292.6, 74.3%, 21.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(292.6, 85.3%, 37.3%)

CMYK10.5%, 85.3%, 0%, 62.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,574,239

CSS custom property--colour: #550E5F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03072WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness57.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.01:1

Contrast with white13.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#232323

Inverted#AAF1A0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002C61no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#1B345Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original

Tritanopia#561F37no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text13.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 20.1 Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.6 Midnight blue · ΔE 21.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.3 Indigo · ΔE 24.5 Dark magenta · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 20.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#185F0E

Analogous#2D0E5F, #5F0E40

Triadic#5F550E, #0E5F55

Split complementary#405F0E, #0E5F2D

Tetradic#5F2D0E, #185F0E, #0E405F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D453E6

Lighter +30%#C827DF

Lighter +20%#A51BB8

Lighter +10%#7D158B

Darker −10%#2D0733

Darker −20%#050106

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5F006D

Less saturated −25%#4B1C51

Channel breakdown

R85

G14

B95

Red85 (33.3%)

Green14 (5.5%)

Blue95 (37.3%)

Hue292.59°

Saturation (HSL)74.31%

Lightness21.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 55 · G 0E · B 5F

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Colour values

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