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Recognised as Colour

#5A1B5E

  • #5A1B5E
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#5A1B5E is a magenta with RGB values 90, 27, 94 and HSL 296°, 55%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#5A1B5E#5A1B5E
HEX#5A1B5E
RGBrgb(90, 27, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.1059, 0.3686
RGB percentages35.3%, 10.6%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(296.4, 55.4%, 23.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(296.4, 71.3%, 36.9%)
CMYK4.3%, 71.3%, 0%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,905,246
CSS custom property--colour: #5A1B5E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03766WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness62.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.98:1
Contrast with white11.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D
Inverted#A5E4A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0D3260no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#28395Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original
Tritanopia#5C253Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.98:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.9Purple · ΔE 24.2Midnight blue · ΔE 25.4Dark magenta · ΔE 29.1Indigo · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 21.66, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1F5E1B
Analogous#391B5E, #5E1B41
Triadic#5E5A1B, #1B5E5A
Split complementary#415E1B, #1B5E39
Tetradic#5E391B, #1F5E1B, #1B415E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D06FD6
Lighter +30%#C348CA
Lighter +20%#A632AD
Lighter +10%#802686
Darker −10%#341036
Darker −20%#0E040F
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#670C6D
Less saturated −25%#4D2A4F

Channel breakdown

R90
G27
B94
Red90 (35.3%)
Green27 (10.6%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue296.42°
Saturation (HSL)55.37%
Lightness23.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5A · G 1B · B 5E

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