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Recognised as Colour

#5905B9

  • #5905B9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5905B9 is a violet with RGB values 89, 5, 185 and HSL 268°, 95%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#5905B9#5905B9
HEX#5905B9
RGBrgb(89, 5, 185)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.0196, 0.7255
RGB percentages34.9%, 2%, 72.5%
HSLhsl(268, 94.7%, 37.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268, 97.3%, 72.5%)
CMYK51.9%, 97.3%, 0%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,834,169
CSS custom property--colour: #5905B9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05735WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness79.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.78:1
Contrast with white9.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#242424
Inverted#A6FA46

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0046BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0040B6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original
Tritanopia#37486Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.78:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.6Dark violet · ΔE 16.4Medium blue · ΔE 18.8Dark orchid · ΔE 19.7Dark blue · ΔE 20.2Navy · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#65B905
Analogous#050BB9, #B305B9
Triadic#B95905, #05B959
Split complementary#B9B305, #0BB905
Tetradic#B9050B, #65B905, #05B9B3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C18EFC
Lighter +30%#A65CFB
Lighter +20%#8B2BF9
Lighter +10%#7106EB
Darker −10%#410487
Darker −20%#290256
Darker −30%#110124
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5900BE
Less saturated −25%#5B1DA1

Channel breakdown

R89
G5
B185
Red89 (34.9%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue185 (72.5%)
Hue268°
Saturation (HSL)94.74%
Lightness37.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 59 · G 05 · B B9

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