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Recognised as Colour

#59519D

  • #59519D
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#59519D is a blue with RGB values 89, 81, 157 and HSL 246°, 32%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#59519D#59519D
HEX#59519D
RGBrgb(89, 81, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.3176, 0.6157
RGB percentages34.9%, 31.8%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(246.3, 31.9%, 46.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(246.3, 48.4%, 61.6%)
CMYK43.3%, 48.4%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,853,597
CSS custom property--colour: #59519D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10443WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.8:1
Contrast with white6.8:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#585858
Inverted#A6AE62

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#335DA0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#31599Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Tritanopia#45616Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 8.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.6Slate blue · ΔE 22.6Medium purple · ΔE 23.4Midnight blue · ΔE 26Royal blue · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 8.49, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#959D51
Analogous#516F9D, #7F519D
Triadic#9D5951, #519D59
Split complementary#9D7F51, #6F9D51
Tetradic#9D516F, #959D51, #519D7F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D4D2E8
Lighter +30%#B4B0D6
Lighter +20%#958FC5
Lighter +10%#756DB4
Darker −10%#46407B
Darker −20%#332E5A
Darker −30%#201D38
Darker −40%#0D0C16
More saturated +25%#4233BB
Less saturated −25%#706F7F

Channel breakdown

R89
G81
B157
Red89 (34.9%)
Green81 (31.8%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue246.32°
Saturation (HSL)31.93%
Lightness46.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 59 · G 51 · B 9D

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