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Recognised as Colour

#5A005A

  • #5A005A
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#5A005A is a magenta with RGB values 90, 0, 90 and HSL 300°, 100%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#5A005A#5A005A
HEX#5A005A
RGBrgb(90, 0, 90)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0, 0.3529
RGB percentages35.3%, 0%, 35.3%
HSLhsl(300, 100%, 17.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(300, 100%, 35.3%)
CMYK0%, 100%, 0%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,898,330
CSS custom property--colour: #5A005A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02912WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness57.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.27:1
Contrast with white13.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1A1A1A
Inverted#A5FFA5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00295Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#203358no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original
Tritanopia#5D1432no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.27:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 18.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.1Dark magenta · ΔE 23.4Indigo · ΔE 25.5Midnight blue · ΔE 25.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 18.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#005A00
Analogous#2D005A, #5A002D
Triadic#5A5A00, #005A5A
Split complementary#2D5A00, #005A2D
Tetradic#5A2D00, #005A00, #002D5A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FF27FF
Lighter +30%#F300F3
Lighter +20%#C000C0
Lighter +10%#8D008D
Darker −10%#270027
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5A005A
Less saturated −25%#4F0B4F

Channel breakdown

R90
G0
B90
Red90 (35.3%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue90 (35.3%)
Hue300°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness17.65%
Dominant channelRed and Blue
Hex per channelR 5A · G 00 · B 5A

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