Recognised as Colour

#5A0383

#5A0383
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#5A0383 is a violet with RGB values 90, 3, 131 and HSL 281°, 96%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#5A0383

RGBrgb(90, 3, 131)

RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.0118, 0.5137

RGB percentages35.3%, 1.2%, 51.4%

HSLhsl(280.8, 95.5%, 26.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280.8, 97.7%, 51.4%)

CMYK31.3%, 97.7%, 0%, 48.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,899,139

CSS custom property--colour: #5A0383;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03877WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness66.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.83:1

Contrast with white11.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F

Inverted#A5FC7C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003486no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#003881no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original

Tritanopia#542D4Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 5.1 Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.1 Purple · ΔE 15.5 Dark magenta · ΔE 17 Navy · ΔE 19.3 Dark blue · ΔE 21.4

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 5.09, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2C8303

Analogous#1A0383, #83036C

Triadic#835A03, #03835A

Split complementary#6C8303, #03831A

Tetradic#831A03, #2C8303, #036C83

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C757FB

Lighter +30%#B625FA

Lighter +20%#9F05E7

Lighter +10%#7C04B5

Darker −10%#380251

Darker −20%#15011F

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5B0086

Less saturated −25%#541472

Channel breakdown

R90

B131

Red90 (35.3%)

Green3 (1.2%)

Blue131 (51.4%)

Hue280.78°

Saturation (HSL)95.52%

Lightness26.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5A · G 03 · B 83

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Colour values

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