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Recognised as Colour

#59359F

  • #59359F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#59359F is a violet with RGB values 89, 53, 159 and HSL 260°, 50%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#59359F#59359F
HEX#59359F
RGBrgb(89, 53, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.2078, 0.6235
RGB percentages34.9%, 20.8%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(260.4, 50%, 41.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.4, 66.7%, 62.4%)
CMYK44%, 66.7%, 0%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,846,431
CSS custom property--colour: #59359F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07173WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness83.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.63:1
Contrast with white8.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#444444
Inverted#A6CA60

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004DA2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Deuteranopia#004A9Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Tritanopia#464E65no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.63:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 5.4Slate blue · ΔE 15.1Indigo · ΔE 16.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.7Midnight blue · ΔE 18.8Medium purple · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 5.41, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7B9F35
Analogous#35469F, #8E359F
Triadic#9F5935, #359F59
Split complementary#9F8E35, #469F35
Tetradic#9F3546, #7B9F35, #359F8E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C8B9E8
Lighter +30%#AB92DB
Lighter +20%#8D6CCE
Lighter +10%#7046C1
Darker −10%#442879
Darker −20%#2E1C53
Darker −30%#190F2C
Darker −40%#030206
More saturated +25%#511BBA
Less saturated −25%#625085

Channel breakdown

R89
G53
B159
Red89 (34.9%)
Green53 (20.8%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue260.38°
Saturation (HSL)50%
Lightness41.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 59 · G 35 · B 9F

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