Recognised as Colour

#5B115B

#5B115B
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Purple

#5B115B is a magenta with RGB values 91, 17, 91 and HSL 300°, 69%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#5B115B#5B115B

HEX#5B115B

RGBrgb(91, 17, 91)

RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.0667, 0.3569

RGB percentages35.7%, 6.7%, 35.7%

HSLhsl(300, 68.5%, 21.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(300, 81.3%, 35.7%)

CMYK0%, 81.3%, 0%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,968,219

CSS custom property--colour: #5B115B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0338WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness59.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.53:1

Contrast with white12.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#262626

Inverted#A4EEA4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#012D5Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#263759no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original

Tritanopia#5E1D35no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 21.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.2 Midnight blue · ΔE 26.1 Dark magenta · ΔE 26.7 Indigo · ΔE 28.9

Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 21.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#115B11

Analogous#36115B, #5B1136

Triadic#5B5B11, #115B5B

Split complementary#365B11, #115B36

Tetradic#5B3611, #115B11, #11365B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E058E0

Lighter +30%#D82DD8

Lighter +20%#B121B1

Lighter +10%#861986

Darker −10%#300930

Darker −20%#050105

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#690469

Less saturated −25%#4E1F4E

Channel breakdown

R91

G17

B91

Red91 (35.7%)

Green17 (6.7%)

Blue91 (35.7%)

Hue300°

Saturation (HSL)68.52%

Lightness21.18%

Dominant channelRed and Blue

Hex per channelR 5B · G 11 · B 5B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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