Recognised as Colour

#59018A

#59018A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#59018A is a violet with RGB values 89, 1, 138 and HSL 279°, 99%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#59018A

RGBrgb(89, 1, 138)

RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.0039, 0.5412

RGB percentages34.9%, 0.4%, 54.1%

HSLhsl(278.5, 98.6%, 27.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(278.5, 99.3%, 54.1%)

CMYK35.5%, 99.3%, 0%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,833,098

CSS custom property--colour: #59018A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03981WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.69:1

Contrast with white11.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E

Inverted#A6FE75

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00368Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original

Deuteranopia#003988no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original

Tritanopia#50304Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 4.4 Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.2 Navy · ΔE 17.3 Purple · ΔE 18.2 Dark blue · ΔE 18.4 Dark magenta · ΔE 18.7

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 4.4, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#328A01

Analogous#15018A, #8A0176

Triadic#8A5901, #018A59

Split complementary#768A01, #018A15

Tetradic#8A1501, #328A01, #01768A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C359FE

Lighter +30%#B127FD

Lighter +20%#9A02EF

Lighter +10%#7A01BD

Darker −10%#380157

Darker −20%#180025

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#59008B

Less saturated −25%#541279

Channel breakdown

R89

B138

Red89 (34.9%)

Green1 (0.4%)

Blue138 (54.1%)

Hue278.54°

Saturation (HSL)98.56%

Lightness27.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 59 · G 01 · B 8A

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