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Recognised as Colour

#5B497F

  • #5B497F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#5B497F is a violet with RGB values 91, 73, 127 and HSL 260°, 27%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#5B497F#5B497F
HEX#5B497F
RGBrgb(91, 73, 127)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.2863, 0.498
RGB percentages35.7%, 28.6%, 49.8%
HSLhsl(260, 27%, 39.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 42.5%, 49.8%)
CMYK28.3%, 42.5%, 0%, 50.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,982,591
CSS custom property--colour: #5B497F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08522WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness86.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.77:1
Contrast with white7.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#515151
Inverted#A4B680

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3A5281no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#3D527Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Tritanopia#54525Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 16Rebecca purple · ΔE 29.9Steel blue · ΔE 30.1Midnight blue · ΔE 31.2Slate grey · ΔE 33.3Medium purple · ΔE 34.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6D7F49
Analogous#49527F, #76497F
Triadic#7F5B49, #497F5B
Split complementary#7F7649, #527F49
Tetradic#7F4952, #6D7F49, #497F76

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C5BCD8
Lighter +30%#A99BC6
Lighter +20%#8E7BB3
Lighter +10%#725C9F
Darker −10%#44365F
Darker −20%#2D243E
Darker −30%#15111E
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#533098
Less saturated −25%#636266

Channel breakdown

R91
G73
B127
Red91 (35.7%)
Green73 (28.6%)
Blue127 (49.8%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)27%
Lightness39.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5B · G 49 · B 7F

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