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Recognised as Colour

#5A2D86

  • #5A2D86
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#5A2D86 is a violet with RGB values 90, 45, 134 and HSL 270°, 50%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#5A2D86#5A2D86
HEX#5A2D86
RGBrgb(90, 45, 134)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.1765, 0.5255
RGB percentages35.3%, 17.6%, 52.5%
HSLhsl(270.3, 49.7%, 35.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.3, 66.4%, 52.5%)
CMYK32.8%, 66.4%, 0%, 47.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,909,894
CSS custom property--colour: #5A2D86;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05772WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness75.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.75:1
Contrast with white9.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D
Inverted#A5D279

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004389no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#114484no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Tritanopia#524055no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.75:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 7.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 12.6Midnight blue · ΔE 16.4Indigo · ΔE 19.2Purple · ΔE 21.2Slate blue · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 7.85, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#59862D
Analogous#2D2D86, #862D86
Triadic#865A2D, #2D865A
Split complementary#86862D, #2D862D
Tetradic#862D2D, #59862D, #2D8686

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C0A0DF
Lighter +30%#A67AD2
Lighter +20%#8D54C5
Lighter +10%#743AAC
Darker −10%#402060
Darker −20%#27133A
Darker −30%#0D0713
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5A179C
Less saturated −25%#5A4370

Channel breakdown

R90
G45
B134
Red90 (35.3%)
Green45 (17.6%)
Blue134 (52.5%)
Hue270.34°
Saturation (HSL)49.72%
Lightness35.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5A · G 2D · B 86

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