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Recognised as Colour

#5A0088

  • #5A0088
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#5A0088 is a violet with RGB values 90, 0, 136 and HSL 280°, 100%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#5A0088#5A0088
HEX#5A0088
RGBrgb(90, 0, 136)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0, 0.5333
RGB percentages35.3%, 0%, 53.3%
HSLhsl(279.7, 100%, 26.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.7, 100%, 53.3%)
CMYK33.8%, 100%, 0%, 46.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,898,376
CSS custom property--colour: #5A0088;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03951WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness67.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.73:1
Contrast with white11.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D
Inverted#A5FF77

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00358Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original
Deuteranopia#003986no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.3 from the original
Tritanopia#522F4Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.73:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 4.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.8Purple · ΔE 17.3Dark magenta · ΔE 17.9Navy · ΔE 18Dark blue · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 4.46, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2E8800
Analogous#160088, #880072
Triadic#885A00, #00885A
Split complementary#728800, #008816
Tetradic#881600, #2E8800, #007288

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C655FF
Lighter +30%#B422FF
Lighter +20%#9E00EE
Lighter +10%#7C00BB
Darker −10%#380055
Darker −20%#170022
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5A0088
Less saturated −25%#551177

Channel breakdown

R90
G0
B136
Red90 (35.3%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue136 (53.3%)
Hue279.71°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness26.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5A · G 00 · B 88

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