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Recognised as Colour

#5A2D87

  • #5A2D87
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#5A2D87 is a violet with RGB values 90, 45, 135 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

#5A2D87#5A2D87
HEX#5A2D87
RGBrgb(90, 45, 135)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.1765, 0.5294
RGB percentages35.3%, 17.6%, 52.9%
HSLhsl(270, 50%, 35.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 66.7%, 52.9%)
CMYK33.3%, 66.7%, 0%, 47.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,909,895
CSS custom property--colour: #5A2D87;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.058WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness75.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.72:1
Contrast with white9.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D
Inverted#A5D278

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00438Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0F4485no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Tritanopia#514156no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.72:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 7.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 12.8Midnight blue · ΔE 16.4Indigo · ΔE 18.8Purple · ΔE 21.1Slate blue · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 7.34, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5A872D
Analogous#2D2D87, #872D87
Triadic#875A2D, #2D875A
Split complementary#87872D, #2D872D
Tetradic#872D2D, #5A872D, #2D8787

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C0A1E0
Lighter +30%#A77AD3
Lighter +20%#8D54C6
Lighter +10%#743AAD
Darker −10%#412061
Darker −20%#27143B
Darker −30%#0E0714
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5A179E
Less saturated −25%#5A4471

Channel breakdown

R90
G45
B135
Red90 (35.3%)
Green45 (17.6%)
Blue135 (52.9%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)50%
Lightness35.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5A · G 2D · B 87

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