Recognised as Colour

#5B166F

#5B166F
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#5B166F is a violet with RGB values 91, 22, 111 and HSL 287°, 67%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#5B166F

RGBrgb(91, 22, 111)

RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.0863, 0.4353

RGB percentages35.7%, 8.6%, 43.5%

HSLhsl(286.5, 66.9%, 26.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(286.5, 80.2%, 43.5%)

CMYK18%, 80.2%, 0%, 56.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,969,519

CSS custom property--colour: #5B166F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03946WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness64.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.74:1

Contrast with white11.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B

Inverted#A4E990

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003471no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#183A6Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original

Tritanopia#5A2A42no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.5 Purple · ΔE 16.3 Indigo · ΔE 19.1 Midnight blue · ΔE 19.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.2 Dark magenta · ΔE 20.9

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 14.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2A6F16

Analogous#2F166F, #6F1656

Triadic#6F5B16, #166F5B

Split complementary#566F16, #166F2F

Tetradic#6F2F16, #2A6F16, #16566F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C86FE2

Lighter +30%#B844DA

Lighter +20%#A127C4

Lighter +10%#7E1E9A

Darker −10%#380E44

Darker −20%#15051A

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#640580

Less saturated −25%#52275E

Channel breakdown

R91

G22

B111

Red91 (35.7%)

Green22 (8.6%)

Blue111 (43.5%)

Hue286.52°

Saturation (HSL)66.92%

Lightness26.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5B · G 16 · B 6F

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