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Recognised as Colour

#5B174E

  • #5B174E
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#5B174E is a magenta with RGB values 91, 23, 78 and HSL 311°, 60%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#5B174E#5B174E
HEX#5B174E
RGBrgb(91, 23, 78)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.0902, 0.3059
RGB percentages35.7%, 9%, 30.6%
HSLhsl(311.5, 59.6%, 22.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(311.5, 74.7%, 35.7%)
CMYK0%, 74.7%, 14.3%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,969,742
CSS custom property--colour: #5B174E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03387WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness59 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.52:1
Contrast with white12.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#292929
Inverted#A4E8B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#182D50no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#2F374Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original
Tritanopia#601B30no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.52:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 28.6Purple · ΔE 30Rebecca purple · ΔE 32.3Midnight blue · ΔE 33.1Dark magenta · ΔE 34.9Indigo · ΔE 38.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 28.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#175B24
Analogous#46175B, #5B172C
Triadic#4E5B17, #174E5B
Split complementary#2C5B17, #175B46
Tetradic#5B4617, #175B24, #172C5B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D866C2
Lighter +30%#CE3DB2
Lighter +20%#AC2C94
Lighter +10%#842171
Darker −10%#320D2B
Darker −20%#0A0208
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#690957
Less saturated −25%#4D2545

Channel breakdown

R91
G23
B78
Red91 (35.7%)
Green23 (9%)
Blue78 (30.6%)
Hue311.47°
Saturation (HSL)59.65%
Lightness22.35%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 5B · G 17 · B 4E

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