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Recognised as Colour

#5A2B73

  • #5A2B73
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#5A2B73 is a violet with RGB values 90, 43, 115 and HSL 279°, 46%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#5A2B73#5A2B73
HEX#5A2B73
RGBrgb(90, 43, 115)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.1686, 0.451
RGB percentages35.3%, 16.9%, 45.1%
HSLhsl(279.2, 45.6%, 31%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.2, 62.6%, 45.1%)
CMYK21.7%, 62.6%, 0%, 54.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,909,363
CSS custom property--colour: #5A2B73;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05139WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness70.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.36:1
Contrast with white10.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A
Inverted#A5D48C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#123E75no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#264171no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Tritanopia#57384Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.36:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.03:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 13.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.4Midnight blue · ΔE 20.4Purple · ΔE 24.5Indigo · ΔE 27.3Dark magenta · ΔE 28.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 13.24, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#44732B
Analogous#362B73, #732B68
Triadic#735A2B, #2B735A
Split complementary#68732B, #2B7336
Tetradic#73362B, #44732B, #2B6873

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BF93D7
Lighter +30%#A96EC9
Lighter +20%#9349BB
Lighter +10%#773998
Darker −10%#3D1D4E
Darker −20%#200F29
Darker −30%#030104
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#601787
Less saturated −25%#543F5F

Channel breakdown

R90
G43
B115
Red90 (35.3%)
Green43 (16.9%)
Blue115 (45.1%)
Hue279.17°
Saturation (HSL)45.57%
Lightness30.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5A · G 2B · B 73

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