Colour

#590AB3

#590AB3
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#590AB3 is a violet with RGB values 89, 10, 179 and HSL 268°, 89%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#590AB3

RGBrgb(89, 10, 179)

RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.0392, 0.702

RGB percentages34.9%, 3.9%, 70.2%

HSLhsl(268, 89.4%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(268, 94.4%, 70.2%)

CMYK50.3%, 94.4%, 0%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,835,443

CSS custom property--colour: #590AB3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05596WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness78 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.91:1

Contrast with white9.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#272727

Inverted#A6F54C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0044B7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#0040B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original

Tritanopia#3C4668no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 16.5 Dark blue · ΔE 18 Dark violet · ΔE 18.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 18.4 Indigo · ΔE 21.4 Navy · ΔE 21.9

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 16.46, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#64B30A

Analogous#0A10B3, #AE0AB3

Triadic#B3590A, #0AB359

Split complementary#B3AE0A, #10B30A

Tetradic#B30A0F, #64B30A, #0AB3AD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C190F9

Lighter +30%#A660F6

Lighter +20%#8B30F3

Lighter +10%#710DE3

Darker −10%#410783

Darker −20%#290552

Darker −30%#110222

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5800BD

Less saturated −25%#5B229B

Channel breakdown

R89

G10

B179

Red89 (34.9%)

Green10 (3.9%)

Blue179 (70.2%)

Hue268.05°

Saturation (HSL)89.42%

Lightness37.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 59 · G 0A · B B3

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Colour values

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