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Recognised as Colour

#5B0079

  • #5B0079
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#5B0079 is a violet with RGB values 91, 0, 121 and HSL 285°, 100%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#5B0079#5B0079
HEX#5B0079
RGBrgb(91, 0, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0, 0.4745
RGB percentages35.7%, 0%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(285.1, 100%, 23.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.1, 100%, 47.5%)
CMYK24.8%, 100%, 0%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,963,897
CSS custom property--colour: #5B0079;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03605WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness64.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.2:1
Contrast with white12.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C
Inverted#A4FF86

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00317Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#003777no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Tritanopia#582744no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.2:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 9.1Purple · ΔE 13Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.1Dark magenta · ΔE 15.9Midnight blue · ΔE 21.7Navy · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 9.06, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1E7900
Analogous#1F0079, #79005A
Triadic#795B00, #00795B
Split complementary#5A7900, #00791F
Tetradic#791F00, #1E7900, #005A79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D146FF
Lighter +30%#C413FF
Lighter +20%#A800DF
Lighter +10%#8100AC
Darker −10%#350046
Darker −20%#0E0013
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5B0079
Less saturated −25%#530F6A

Channel breakdown

R91
G0
B121
Red91 (35.7%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue285.12°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness23.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5B · G 00 · B 79

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