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Colour

#5B007F

  • #5B007F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#5B007F is a violet with RGB values 91, 0, 127 and HSL 283°, 100%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#5B007F#5B007F
HEX#5B007F
RGBrgb(91, 0, 127)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0, 0.498
RGB percentages35.7%, 0%, 49.8%
HSLhsl(283, 100%, 24.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283, 100%, 49.8%)
CMYK28.3%, 100%, 0%, 50.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,963,903
CSS custom property--colour: #5B007F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03756WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness65.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.99:1
Contrast with white11.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D
Inverted#A4FF80

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003382no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#00387Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original
Tritanopia#562A48no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.99:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 6.5Purple · ΔE 14.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.2Dark magenta · ΔE 16.2Navy · ΔE 20.7Midnight blue · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 6.5, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#247F00
Analogous#1B007F, #7F0064
Triadic#7F5B00, #007F5B
Split complementary#647F00, #007F1C
Tetradic#7F1C00, #247F00, #00647F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CC4CFF
Lighter +30%#BE19FF
Lighter +20%#A400E5
Lighter +10%#8000B2
Darker −10%#36004C
Darker −20%#120019
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5B007F
Less saturated −25%#54106F

Channel breakdown

R91
G0
B127
Red91 (35.7%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue127 (49.8%)
Hue282.99°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness24.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5B · G 00 · B 7F

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