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Recognised as Colour

#5901AF

  • #5901AF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5901AF is a violet with RGB values 89, 1, 175 and HSL 270°, 99%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#5901AF#5901AF
HEX#5901AF
RGBrgb(89, 1, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.0039, 0.6863
RGB percentages34.9%, 0.4%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(270.3, 98.9%, 34.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.3, 99.4%, 68.6%)
CMYK49.1%, 99.4%, 0%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,833,135
CSS custom property--colour: #5901AF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05241WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness76.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.25:1
Contrast with white10.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#202020
Inverted#A6FE50

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0042B3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#003EACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Tritanopia#3E4365no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.25:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 17.2Dark blue · ΔE 17.7Dark violet · ΔE 18.2Dark orchid · ΔE 18.7Indigo · ΔE 20.8Navy · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 17.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#57AF01
Analogous#0201AF, #AF01AE
Triadic#AF5901, #01AF59
Split complementary#AEAF01, #01AF02
Tetradic#AF0201, #57AF01, #01AEAF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BF7EFE
Lighter +30%#A64BFE
Lighter +20%#8C18FE
Lighter +10%#7301E2
Darker −10%#3F017C
Darker −20%#25004A
Darker −30%#0C0017
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5900B0
Less saturated −25%#591799

Channel breakdown

R89
G1
B175
Red89 (34.9%)
Green1 (0.4%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue270.34°
Saturation (HSL)98.86%
Lightness34.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 59 · G 01 · B AF

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