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Recognised as Colour

#592F9F

  • #592F9F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#592F9F is a violet with RGB values 89, 47, 159 and HSL 263°, 54%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#592F9F#592F9F
HEX#592F9F
RGBrgb(89, 47, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.1843, 0.6235
RGB percentages34.9%, 18.4%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(262.5, 54.4%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.5, 70.4%, 62.4%)
CMYK44%, 70.4%, 0%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,844,895
CSS custom property--colour: #592F9F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0666WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness80.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.01:1
Contrast with white9.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#404040
Inverted#A6D060

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004AA2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#00479Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Tritanopia#464B63no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.01:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 7.1Indigo · ΔE 13.2Slate blue · ΔE 16.8Midnight blue · ΔE 19.9Navy · ΔE 21.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 7.1, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#759F2F
Analogous#2F3D9F, #912F9F
Triadic#9F592F, #2F9F59
Split complementary#9F912F, #3D9F2F
Tetradic#9F2F3D, #759F2F, #2F9F91

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C6B2E8
Lighter +30%#A98ADD
Lighter +20%#8C63D1
Lighter +10%#6F3CC5
Darker −10%#432378
Darker −20%#2D1850
Darker −30%#170C29
Darker −40%#010002
More saturated +25%#5315B9
Less saturated −25%#5F4985

Channel breakdown

R89
G47
B159
Red89 (34.9%)
Green47 (18.4%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue262.5°
Saturation (HSL)54.37%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 59 · G 2F · B 9F

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