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Recognised as Colour

#55115A

  • #55115A
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#55115A is a magenta with RGB values 85, 17, 90 and HSL 296°, 68%, 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

#55115A#55115A
HEX#55115A
RGBrgb(85, 17, 90)
RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.0667, 0.3529
RGB percentages33.3%, 6.7%, 35.3%
HSLhsl(295.9, 68.2%, 21%)
HSV / HSBhsv(295.9, 81.1%, 35.3%)
CMYK5.6%, 81.1%, 0%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,575,002
CSS custom property--colour: #55115A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0307WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness57 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#252525
Inverted#AAEEA5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002C5Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#213458no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Tritanopia#571E35no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.5 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 22.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.5Midnight blue · ΔE 24.1Dark magenta · ΔE 27.9Indigo · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 22.84, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#165A11
Analogous#31115A, #5A113A
Triadic#5A5511, #115A55
Split complementary#3B5A11, #115A31
Tetradic#5A3111, #165A11, #113A5A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D658DF
Lighter +30%#CC2DD7
Lighter +20%#A621B0
Lighter +10%#7E1985
Darker −10%#2C092F
Darker −20%#040104
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#610467
Less saturated −25%#491E4D

Channel breakdown

R85
G17
B90
Red85 (33.3%)
Green17 (6.7%)
Blue90 (35.3%)
Hue295.89°
Saturation (HSL)68.22%
Lightness20.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 55 · G 11 · B 5A

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