Recognised as Colour

#5B0586

#5B0586
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#5B0586 is a violet with RGB values 91, 5, 134 and HSL 280°, 93%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#5B0586

RGBrgb(91, 5, 134)

RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.0196, 0.5255

RGB percentages35.7%, 2%, 52.5%

HSLhsl(280, 92.8%, 27.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280, 96.3%, 52.5%)

CMYK32.1%, 96.3%, 0%, 47.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,965,190

CSS custom property--colour: #5B0586;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04054WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.6:1

Contrast with white11.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#212121

Inverted#A4FA79

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003689no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#003A84no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original

Tritanopia#542F4Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 4.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.1 Purple · ΔE 16 Dark magenta · ΔE 17.1 Navy · ΔE 19 Dark blue · ΔE 20.8

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 4.88, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#308605

Analogous#1B0586, #860570

Triadic#865B05, #05865B

Split complementary#718605, #05861A

Tetradic#861A05, #308605, #057186

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C55EF9

Lighter +30%#B42DF7

Lighter +20%#9E09E8

Lighter +10%#7C07B7

Darker −10%#3A0355

Darker −20%#180124

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5D008B

Less saturated −25%#551675

Channel breakdown

R91

B134

Red91 (35.7%)

Green5 (2%)

Blue134 (52.5%)

Hue280°

Saturation (HSL)92.81%

Lightness27.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5B · G 05 · B 86

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