Colour

#5B2E95

#5B2E95
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#5B2E95 is a violet with RGB values 91, 46, 149 and HSL 266°, 53%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#5B2E95

RGBrgb(91, 46, 149)

RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.1804, 0.5843

RGB percentages35.7%, 18%, 58.4%

HSLhsl(266.2, 52.8%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(266.2, 69.1%, 58.4%)

CMYK38.9%, 69.1%, 0%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,975,701

CSS custom property--colour: #5B2E95;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06348WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness79.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.25:1

Contrast with white9.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F

Inverted#A4D16A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004798no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#004693no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original

Tritanopia#4E465Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 3.3 Indigo · ΔE 14.4 Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.5 Midnight blue · ΔE 17.8 Slate blue · ΔE 18.4 Purple · ΔE 21

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 3.33, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#68952E

Analogous#2E3595, #8E2E95

Triadic#955B2E, #2E955B

Split complementary#958F2E, #35952E

Tetradic#952E35, #68952E, #2E958E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C4AAE5

Lighter +30%#A983D9

Lighter +20%#8D5CCD

Lighter +10%#733ABC

Darker −10%#43226E

Darker −20%#2B1647

Darker −30%#140A20

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5816AD

Less saturated −25%#5E467D

Channel breakdown

R91

G46

B149

Red91 (35.7%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue149 (58.4%)

Hue266.21°

Saturation (HSL)52.82%

Lightness38.24%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5B · G 2E · B 95

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