Recognised as Colour

#5900A1

#5900A1
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#5900A1 is a violet with RGB values 89, 0, 161 and HSL 273°, 100%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#5900A1

RGBrgb(89, 0, 161)

RGB (0–1)0.349, 0, 0.6314

RGB percentages34.9%, 0%, 63.1%

HSLhsl(273.2, 100%, 31.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(273.2, 100%, 63.1%)

CMYK44.7%, 100%, 0%, 36.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,832,865

CSS custom property--colour: #5900A1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04697WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness73 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.83:1

Contrast with white10.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F

Inverted#A6FF5E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003DA5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#003C9Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original

Tritanopia#463C5Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 14.2 Dark blue · ΔE 15.5 Navy · ΔE 17.9 Dark orchid · ΔE 18.6 Blue violet · ΔE 22.1 Dark violet · ΔE 22.4

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 14.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#48A100

Analogous#0900A1, #A10098

Triadic#A15900, #00A159

Split complementary#98A100, #00A109

Tetradic#A10900, #48A100, #0098A1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BE6EFF

Lighter +30%#A73BFF

Lighter +20%#9108FF

Lighter +10%#7500D4

Darker −10%#3D006E

Darker −20%#21003B

Darker −30%#040008

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5900A1

Less saturated −25%#57148D

Channel breakdown

R89

B161

Red89 (34.9%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue161 (63.1%)

Hue273.17°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness31.57%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 59 · G 00 · B A1

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