Recognised as Colour

#5A33AF

#5A33AF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#5A33AF is a violet with RGB values 90, 51, 175 and HSL 259°, 55%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#5A33AF

RGBrgb(90, 51, 175)

RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.2, 0.6863

RGB percentages35.3%, 20%, 68.6%

HSLhsl(258.9, 54.9%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(258.9, 70.9%, 68.6%)

CMYK48.6%, 70.9%, 0%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,911,471

CSS custom property--colour: #5A33AF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07636WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness86.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.31:1

Contrast with white8.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#A5CC50

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0050B3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#004BADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original

Tritanopia#3F536Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.3 Indigo · ΔE 15.3 Slate blue · ΔE 16.1 Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.4 Dark blue · ΔE 20.8 Navy · ΔE 20.8

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 13.29, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#88AF33

Analogous#334AAF, #9833AF

Triadic#AF5A33, #33AF5A

Split complementary#AF9833, #4AAF33

Tetradic#AF334A, #88AF33, #33AF98

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#CFC1ED

Lighter +30%#B09AE1

Lighter +20%#9172D6

Lighter +10%#734BCA

Darker −10%#462788

Darker −20%#311C60

Darker −30%#1D1039

Darker −40%#090511

More saturated +25%#5017CB

Less saturated −25%#644F93

Channel breakdown

R90

G51

B175

Red90 (35.3%)

Green51 (20%)

Blue175 (68.6%)

Hue258.87°

Saturation (HSL)54.87%

Lightness44.31%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5A · G 33 · B AF

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