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Recognised as Colour

#5A2879

  • #5A2879
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#5A2879 is a violet with RGB values 90, 40, 121 and HSL 277°, 50%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#5A2879#5A2879
HEX#5A2879
RGBrgb(90, 40, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.1569, 0.4745
RGB percentages35.3%, 15.7%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(277, 50.3%, 31.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277, 66.9%, 47.5%)
CMYK25.6%, 66.9%, 0%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,908,601
CSS custom property--colour: #5A2879;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05072WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness70.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.43:1
Contrast with white10.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#383838
Inverted#A5D786

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003D7Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Deuteranopia#1D4077no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Tritanopia#56384Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.43:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 12.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 13.4Midnight blue · ΔE 17.9Purple · ΔE 21.3Indigo · ΔE 22.4Dark magenta · ΔE 25.4
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 12.81, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#477928
Analogous#322879, #79286F
Triadic#795A28, #28795A
Split complementary#6F7928, #287932
Tetradic#793228, #477928, #286F79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BF92DB
Lighter +30%#A96CCE
Lighter +20%#9245C2
Lighter +10%#77359F
Darker −10%#3D1B53
Darker −20%#210F2C
Darker −30%#040206
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5F148D
Less saturated −25%#553C65

Channel breakdown

R90
G40
B121
Red90 (35.3%)
Green40 (15.7%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue277.04°
Saturation (HSL)50.31%
Lightness31.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5A · G 28 · B 79

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