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Recognised as Colour

#5A3489

  • #5A3489
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#5A3489 is a violet with RGB values 90, 52, 137 and HSL 267°, 45%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#5A3489#5A3489
HEX#5A3489
RGBrgb(90, 52, 137)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.2039, 0.5373
RGB percentages35.3%, 20.4%, 53.7%
HSLhsl(266.8, 45%, 37.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.8, 62%, 53.7%)
CMYK34.3%, 62%, 0%, 46.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,911,689
CSS custom property--colour: #5A3489;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06436WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness78.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.18:1
Contrast with white9.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#424242
Inverted#A5CB76

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#02478Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#1A4787no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Tritanopia#504659no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.18:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 9.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 9.8Midnight blue · ΔE 17.2Slate blue · ΔE 22.2Indigo · ΔE 22.6Purple · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 9.33, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#638934
Analogous#343989, #843489
Triadic#895A34, #34895A
Split complementary#898434, #398934
Tetradic#893439, #638934, #348984

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C2AADF
Lighter +30%#A785D1
Lighter +20%#8C60C3
Lighter +10%#7242AE
Darker −10%#422664
Darker −20%#29183F
Darker −30%#110A1A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#571CA1
Less saturated −25%#5D4C71

Channel breakdown

R90
G52
B137
Red90 (35.3%)
Green52 (20.4%)
Blue137 (53.7%)
Hue266.82°
Saturation (HSL)44.97%
Lightness37.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5A · G 34 · B 89

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