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Recognised as Colour

#5B2182

  • #5B2182
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#5B2182 is a violet with RGB values 91, 33, 130 and HSL 276°, 60%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#5B2182#5B2182
HEX#5B2182
RGBrgb(91, 33, 130)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.1294, 0.5098
RGB percentages35.7%, 12.9%, 51%
HSLhsl(275.9, 59.5%, 32%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.9, 74.6%, 51%)
CMYK30%, 74.6%, 0%, 49%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,972,354
CSS custom property--colour: #5B2182;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04924WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness71 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.58:1
Contrast with white10.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#343434
Inverted#A4DE7D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003D85no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#023F80no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original
Tritanopia#55384Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 7.5Indigo · ΔE 14.2Purple · ΔE 17Midnight blue · ΔE 17.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.2Dark magenta · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 7.48, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#488221
Analogous#2A2182, #822179
Triadic#825B21, #21825B
Split complementary#798221, #21822A
Tetradic#822A21, #488221, #217982

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C08DE2
Lighter +30%#A964D8
Lighter +20%#933CCD
Lighter +10%#772BAB
Darker −10%#3F1759
Darker −20%#220C31
Darker −30%#060208
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5F0D96
Less saturated −25%#57356E

Channel breakdown

R91
G33
B130
Red91 (35.7%)
Green33 (12.9%)
Blue130 (51%)
Hue275.88°
Saturation (HSL)59.51%
Lightness31.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5B · G 21 · B 82

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