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Recognised as Colour

#594F74

  • #594F74
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#594F74 is a violet with RGB values 89, 79, 116 and HSL 256°, 19%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#594F74#594F74
HEX#594F74
RGBrgb(89, 79, 116)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.3098, 0.4549
RGB percentages34.9%, 31%, 45.5%
HSLhsl(256.2, 19%, 38.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.2, 31.9%, 45.5%)
CMYK23.3%, 31.9%, 0%, 54.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,853,044
CSS custom property--colour: #594F74;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08977WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness87 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.51:1
Contrast with white7.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#545454
Inverted#A6B08B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#465576no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#485473no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Tritanopia#54555Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.51:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 24.2Dim grey · ΔE 24.9Light slate grey · ΔE 26.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 26.6Steel blue · ΔE 26.7Gray · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 24.25, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6A744F
Analogous#4F5774, #6C4F74
Triadic#74594F, #4F7459
Split complementary#746B4F, #58744F
Tetradic#744F57, #6A744F, #4F746C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C3BDD2
Lighter +30%#A79FBD
Lighter +20%#8B80A9
Lighter +10%#706492
Darker −10%#423A56
Darker −20%#2A2637
Darker −30%#131119
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4E378C
Less saturated −25%#626262

Channel breakdown

R89
G79
B116
Red89 (34.9%)
Green79 (31%)
Blue116 (45.5%)
Hue256.22°
Saturation (HSL)18.97%
Lightness38.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 59 · G 4F · B 74

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