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Recognised as Colour

#5B458C

  • #5B458C
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#5B458C is a violet with RGB values 91, 69, 140 and HSL 259°, 34%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#5B458C#5B458C
HEX#5B458C
RGBrgb(91, 69, 140)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.2706, 0.549
RGB percentages35.7%, 27.1%, 54.9%
HSLhsl(258.6, 34%, 41%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.6, 50.7%, 54.9%)
CMYK35%, 50.7%, 0%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,981,580
CSS custom property--colour: #5B458C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08374WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness86.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.85:1
Contrast with white7.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#A4BA73

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2C528Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#30518Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Tritanopia#505362no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.85:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 7Rebecca purple · ΔE 20Midnight blue · ΔE 23.7Slate blue · ΔE 25.9Medium purple · ΔE 26.7Royal blue · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 6.98, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#768C45
Analogous#45528C, #7F458C
Triadic#8C5B45, #458C5B
Split complementary#8C7F45, #528C45
Tetradic#8C4552, #768C45, #458C7F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C8BEDF
Lighter +30%#AB9CCE
Lighter +20%#8F7ABD
Lighter +10%#7258AC
Darker −10%#45346A
Darker −20%#2F2348
Darker −30%#181226
Darker −40%#020203
More saturated +25%#512BA6
Less saturated −25%#655F72

Channel breakdown

R91
G69
B140
Red91 (35.7%)
Green69 (27.1%)
Blue140 (54.9%)
Hue258.59°
Saturation (HSL)33.97%
Lightness40.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5B · G 45 · B 8C

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