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Colour

#593CAD

  • #593CAD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#593CAD is a violet with RGB values 89, 60, 173 and HSL 255°, 48%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#593CAD#593CAD
HEX#593CAD
RGBrgb(89, 60, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.2353, 0.6784
RGB percentages34.9%, 23.5%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(255.4, 48.5%, 45.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.4, 65.3%, 67.8%)
CMYK48.6%, 65.3%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,848,237
CSS custom property--colour: #593CAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08373WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness88.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.85:1
Contrast with white7.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#A6C352

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0054B1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#004FABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Tritanopia#3D576Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.85:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 9.6Slate blue · ΔE 11.7Indigo · ΔE 18.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.8Royal blue · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 9.56, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#90AD3C
Analogous#3C58AD, #913CAD
Triadic#AD593C, #3CAD59
Split complementary#AD913C, #58AD3C
Tetradic#AD3C58, #90AD3C, #3CAD91

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D2C9EC
Lighter +30%#B2A3DF
Lighter +20%#937DD2
Lighter +10%#7357C5
Darker −10%#462F87
Darker −20%#322261
Darker −30%#1F153B
Darker −40%#0B0716
More saturated +25%#4B1FCA
Less saturated −25%#675990

Channel breakdown

R89
G60
B173
Red89 (34.9%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue255.4°
Saturation (HSL)48.5%
Lightness45.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 59 · G 3C · B AD

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