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Recognised as Colour

#593EA4

  • #593EA4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#593EA4 is a violet with RGB values 89, 62, 164 and HSL 256°, 45%, 44%. 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

#593EA4#593EA4
HEX#593EA4
RGBrgb(89, 62, 164)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.2431, 0.6431
RGB percentages34.9%, 24.3%, 64.3%
HSLhsl(255.9, 45.1%, 44.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.9, 62.2%, 64.3%)
CMYK45.7%, 62.2%, 0%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,848,740
CSS custom property--colour: #593EA4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08249WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness87.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.92:1
Contrast with white7.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B
Inverted#A6C15B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0053A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#004FA2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Tritanopia#43556Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.92:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 7.5Slate blue · ΔE 12.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 14.7Midnight blue · ΔE 19.4Indigo · ΔE 20.5Medium purple · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 7.46, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#89A43E
Analogous#3E56A4, #8C3EA4
Triadic#A4593E, #3EA459
Split complementary#A48C3E, #56A43E
Tetradic#A43E56, #89A43E, #3EA48C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CFC5E9
Lighter +30%#B0A0DB
Lighter +20%#917BCD
Lighter +10%#7256BF
Darker −10%#45307F
Darker −20%#31225A
Darker −30%#1D1435
Darker −40%#090610
More saturated +25%#4C22C0
Less saturated −25%#665A88

Channel breakdown

R89
G62
B164
Red89 (34.9%)
Green62 (24.3%)
Blue164 (64.3%)
Hue255.88°
Saturation (HSL)45.13%
Lightness44.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 59 · G 3E · B A4

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