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Recognised as Colour

#59228A

  • #59228A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#59228A is a violet with RGB values 89, 34, 138 and HSL 272°, 60%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#59228A#59228A
HEX#59228A
RGBrgb(89, 34, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.1333, 0.5412
RGB percentages34.9%, 13.3%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(271.7, 60.5%, 33.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.7, 75.4%, 54.1%)
CMYK35.5%, 75.4%, 0%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,841,546
CSS custom property--colour: #59228A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05103WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness72.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.39:1
Contrast with white10.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#353535
Inverted#A6DD75

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003F8Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#004088no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Tritanopia#4F3C54no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.39:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 6.2Indigo · ΔE 11.2Midnight blue · ΔE 17.3Purple · ΔE 18.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.9Dark magenta · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 6.18, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#538A22
Analogous#25228A, #8A2287
Triadic#8A5922, #228A59
Split complementary#878A22, #228A25
Tetradic#8A2522, #538A22, #22878A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BE93E5
Lighter +30%#A66BDA
Lighter +20%#8D42D0
Lighter +10%#732CB3
Darker −10%#3F1861
Darker −20%#240E38
Darker −30%#0A040F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5A0C9F
Less saturated −25%#583774

Channel breakdown

R89
G34
B138
Red89 (34.9%)
Green34 (13.3%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue271.73°
Saturation (HSL)60.47%
Lightness33.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 59 · G 22 · B 8A

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