Recognised as Colour

#5B0389

#5B0389
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#5B0389 is a violet with RGB values 91, 3, 137 and HSL 279°, 96%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#5B0389

RGBrgb(91, 3, 137)

RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.0118, 0.5373

RGB percentages35.7%, 1.2%, 53.7%

HSLhsl(279.4, 95.7%, 27.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(279.4, 97.8%, 53.7%)

CMYK33.6%, 97.8%, 0%, 46.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,964,681

CSS custom property--colour: #5B0389;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04095WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness68 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.54:1

Contrast with white11.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F

Inverted#A4FC76

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00368Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original

Deuteranopia#003A87no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.3 from the original

Tritanopia#53304Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 4.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.3 Purple · ΔE 17 Dark magenta · ΔE 17.7 Navy · ΔE 18.3 Dark blue · ΔE 19.6

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 4.66, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#318903

Analogous#180389, #890374

Triadic#895B03, #03895B

Split complementary#748903, #038918

Tetradic#891803, #318903, #037489

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C55DFB

Lighter +30%#B32BFA

Lighter +20%#9D05ED

Lighter +10%#7C04BB

Darker −10%#3A0257

Darker −20%#190125

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5C008C

Less saturated −25%#561477

Channel breakdown

R91

B137

Red91 (35.7%)

Green3 (1.2%)

Blue137 (53.7%)

Hue279.4°

Saturation (HSL)95.71%

Lightness27.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5B · G 03 · B 89

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