Colour

#594A78

#594A78
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#594A78 is a violet with RGB values 89, 74, 120 and HSL 260°, 24%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

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HEX#594A78

RGBrgb(89, 74, 120)

RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.2902, 0.4706

RGB percentages34.9%, 29%, 47.1%

HSLhsl(259.6, 23.7%, 38%)

HSV / HSBhsv(259.6, 38.3%, 47.1%)

CMYK25.8%, 38.3%, 0%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,851,768

CSS custom property--colour: #594A78;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08377WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness85 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 black2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#515151

Inverted#A6B587

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3E527Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#415177no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original

Tritanopia#53525Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.7 Steel blue · ΔE 28.7 Slate grey · ΔE 29.5 Dim grey · ΔE 30.9 Light slate grey · ΔE 31.3 Rebecca purple · ΔE 34.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 20.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#69784A

Analogous#4A5278, #704A78

Triadic#78594A, #4A7859

Split complementary#78704A, #52784A

Tetradic#784A52, #69784A, #4A7870

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#C2BAD4

Lighter +30%#A79AC1

Lighter +20%#8B7BAD

Lighter +10%#705D98

Darker −10%#423758

Darker −20%#2A2339

Darker −30%#131019

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#513290

Less saturated −25%#616161

Channel breakdown

R89

G74

B120

Red89 (34.9%)

Green74 (29%)

Blue120 (47.1%)

Hue259.57°

Saturation (HSL)23.71%

Lightness38.04%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 59 · G 4A · B 78

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