Recognised as Colour

#59009A

#59009A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#59009A is a violet with RGB values 89, 0, 154 and HSL 275°, 100%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#59009A

RGBrgb(89, 0, 154)

RGB (0–1)0.349, 0, 0.6039

RGB percentages34.9%, 0%, 60.4%

HSLhsl(274.7, 100%, 30.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(274.7, 100%, 60.4%)

CMYK42.2%, 100%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,832,858

CSS custom property--colour: #59009A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04457WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness71.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.1:1

Contrast with white11.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E

Inverted#A6FF65

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003B9Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#003B98no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36 from the original

Tritanopia#4A3858no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 10.9 Dark blue · ΔE 15.4 Navy · ΔE 16.8 Dark orchid · ΔE 19.5 Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.9 Dark magenta · ΔE 23.4

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 10.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#419A00

Analogous#0C009A, #9A008E

Triadic#9A5900, #009A59

Split complementary#8E9A00, #009A0C

Tetradic#9A0C00, #419A00, #008E9A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BF67FF

Lighter +30%#A934FF

Lighter +20%#9401FF

Lighter +10%#7600CD

Darker −10%#3C0067

Darker −20%#1E0034

Darker −30%#010001

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#59009A

Less saturated −25%#561387

Channel breakdown

R89

B154

Red89 (34.9%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue154 (60.4%)

Hue274.68°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness30.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 59 · G 00 · B 9A

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