Colour

#5A0778

#5A0778
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#5A0778 is a violet with RGB values 90, 7, 120 and HSL 284°, 89%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#5A0778

RGBrgb(90, 7, 120)

RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.0275, 0.4706

RGB percentages35.3%, 2.7%, 47.1%

HSLhsl(284.1, 89%, 24.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(284.1, 94.2%, 47.1%)

CMYK25%, 94.2%, 0%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,900,152

CSS custom property--colour: #5A0778;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03682WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness64 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.09:1

Contrast with white12.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#212121

Inverted#A5F887

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00327Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original

Deuteranopia#003876no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.6 from the original

Tritanopia#572845no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 10.3 Rebecca purple · ΔE 13 Purple · ΔE 13.5 Dark magenta · ΔE 16.8 Midnight blue · ΔE 20.3 Navy · ΔE 23.5

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 10.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#257807

Analogous#220778, #78075D

Triadic#785A07, #07785A

Split complementary#5D7807, #077822

Tetradic#782207, #257807, #075D78

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CB56F5

Lighter +30%#BC26F2

Lighter +20%#A20DD8

Lighter +10%#7E0AA8

Darker −10%#360448

Darker −20%#120118

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5D007F

Less saturated −25%#531768

Channel breakdown

R90

B120

Red90 (35.3%)

Green7 (2.7%)

Blue120 (47.1%)

Hue284.07°

Saturation (HSL)88.98%

Lightness24.9%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5A · G 07 · B 78

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