Recognised as Colour

#5906A5

#5906A5
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#5906A5 is a violet with RGB values 89, 6, 165 and HSL 271°, 93%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#5906A5

RGBrgb(89, 6, 165)

RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.0235, 0.6471

RGB percentages34.9%, 2.4%, 64.7%

HSLhsl(271.3, 93%, 33.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(271.3, 96.4%, 64.7%)

CMYK46.1%, 96.4%, 0%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,834,405

CSS custom property--colour: #5906A5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04971WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness74.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.53:1

Contrast with white10.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#232323

Inverted#A6F95A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003FA9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#003DA2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original

Tritanopia#443F60no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 15.2 Dark blue · ΔE 15.6 Dark orchid · ΔE 18.2 Navy · ΔE 18.3 Blue violet · ΔE 21.1 Dark violet · ΔE 21.8

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 15.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#52A506

Analogous#0A06A5, #A506A2

Triadic#A55906, #06A559

Split complementary#A2A506, #06A50A

Tetradic#A50906, #52A506, #06A2A5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BE7DFA

Lighter +30%#A64CF8

Lighter +20%#8D1AF7

Lighter +10%#7408D6

Darker −10%#3E0474

Darker −20%#240243

Darker −30%#090111

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5900AB

Less saturated −25%#581B90

Channel breakdown

R89

B165

Red89 (34.9%)

Green6 (2.4%)

Blue165 (64.7%)

Hue271.32°

Saturation (HSL)92.98%

Lightness33.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 59 · G 06 · B A5

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