Nerdulator> put something in

Colour

#5B2D9F

  • #5B2D9F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#5B2D9F is a violet with RGB values 91, 45, 159 and HSL 264°, 56%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#5B2D9F#5B2D9F
HEX#5B2D9F
RGBrgb(91, 45, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.1765, 0.6235
RGB percentages35.7%, 17.6%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(264.2, 55.9%, 40%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.2, 71.7%, 62.4%)
CMYK42.8%, 71.7%, 0%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,975,455
CSS custom property--colour: #5B2D9F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06604WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness80.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.05:1
Contrast with white9.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F
Inverted#A4D260

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0049A2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#00479Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original
Tritanopia#494963no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 7.6Indigo · ΔE 12.3Slate blue · ΔE 17.5Midnight blue · ΔE 20.7Navy · ΔE 20.9Dark blue · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 7.64, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#719F2D
Analogous#2D389F, #942D9F
Triadic#9F5B2D, #2D9F5B
Split complementary#9F942D, #389F2D
Tetradic#9F2D38, #719F2D, #2D9F94

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C7B0E9
Lighter +30%#AA88DD
Lighter +20%#8E60D2
Lighter +10%#7238C7
Darker −10%#442277
Darker −20%#2D1750
Darker −30%#170B28
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5614B9
Less saturated −25%#604786

Channel breakdown

R91
G45
B159
Red91 (35.7%)
Green45 (17.6%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue264.21°
Saturation (HSL)55.88%
Lightness40%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5B · G 2D · B 9F

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “5b2d9f” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.