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Recognised as Colour

#59146D

  • #59146D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#59146D is a violet with RGB values 89, 20, 109 and HSL 287°, 69%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#59146D#59146D
HEX#59146D
RGBrgb(89, 20, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.0784, 0.4275
RGB percentages34.9%, 7.8%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(286.5, 69%, 25.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286.5, 81.7%, 42.7%)
CMYK18.3%, 81.7%, 0%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,837,933
CSS custom property--colour: #59146D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03728WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness62.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.03:1
Contrast with white12.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#292929
Inverted#A6EB92

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00326Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#16386Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original
Tritanopia#582840no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.1Purple · ΔE 16.7Indigo · ΔE 19.1Midnight blue · ΔE 19.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.4Dark magenta · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 15.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#286D14
Analogous#2D146D, #6D1454
Triadic#6D5914, #146D59
Split complementary#546D14, #146D2D
Tetradic#6D2D14, #286D14, #14546D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C869E4
Lighter +30%#B83EDC
Lighter +20%#9F24C3
Lighter +10%#7C1C98
Darker −10%#360C42
Darker −20%#130417
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#62047D
Less saturated −25%#50245D

Channel breakdown

R89
G20
B109
Red89 (34.9%)
Green20 (7.8%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue286.52°
Saturation (HSL)68.99%
Lightness25.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 59 · G 14 · B 6D

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