Recognised as Colour

#5B136F

#5B136F
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#5B136F is a violet with RGB values 91, 19, 111 and HSL 287°, 71%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#5B136F

RGBrgb(91, 19, 111)

RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.0745, 0.4353

RGB percentages35.7%, 7.5%, 43.5%

HSLhsl(287, 70.8%, 25.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(287, 82.9%, 43.5%)

CMYK18%, 82.9%, 0%, 56.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,968,751

CSS custom property--colour: #5B136F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03838WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness64 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.88:1

Contrast with white11.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#292929

Inverted#A4EC90

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003371no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#16396Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.3 from the original

Tritanopia#5A2841no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.5 Purple · ΔE 15.4 Indigo · ΔE 18.1 Midnight blue · ΔE 19.9 Dark magenta · ΔE 20 Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.1

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 14.46, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#276F13

Analogous#2D136F, #6F1355

Triadic#6F5B13, #136F5B

Split complementary#556F13, #136F2D

Tetradic#6F2D13, #276F13, #13556F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CA69E5

Lighter +30%#BB3DDE

Lighter +20%#A222C6

Lighter +10%#7F1A9B

Darker −10%#370C43

Darker −20%#140418

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#64037F

Less saturated −25%#52235F

Channel breakdown

R91

G19

B111

Red91 (35.7%)

Green19 (7.5%)

Blue111 (43.5%)

Hue286.96°

Saturation (HSL)70.77%

Lightness25.49%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5B · G 13 · B 6F

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