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Recognised as Colour

#59007A

  • #59007A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#59007A is a violet with RGB values 89, 0, 122 and HSL 284°, 100%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#59007A#59007A
HEX#59007A
RGBrgb(89, 0, 122)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0, 0.4784
RGB percentages34.9%, 0%, 47.8%
HSLhsl(283.8, 100%, 23.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.8, 100%, 47.8%)
CMYK27%, 100%, 0%, 52.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,832,826
CSS custom property--colour: #59007A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03529WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness63.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.31:1
Contrast with white12.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C
Inverted#A6FF85

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00317Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#003678no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.2 from the original
Tritanopia#552845no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.31:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 7.9Purple · ΔE 13.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.1Dark magenta · ΔE 16.6Midnight blue · ΔE 21.3Navy · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 7.93, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#217A00
Analogous#1C007A, #7A005E
Triadic#7A5900, #007A59
Split complementary#5E7A00, #007A1C
Tetradic#7A1C00, #217A00, #005E7A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CD47FF
Lighter +30%#BF14FF
Lighter +20%#A300E0
Lighter +10%#7E00AD
Darker −10%#340047
Darker −20%#0F0014
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#59007A
Less saturated −25%#520F6B

Channel breakdown

R89
G0
B122
Red89 (34.9%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue122 (47.8%)
Hue283.77°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness23.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 59 · G 00 · B 7A

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