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Recognised as Colour

#5C00AA

  • #5C00AA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark blue

#5C00AA is a violet with RGB values 92, 0, 170 and HSL 272°, 100%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#5C00AA#5C00AA
HEX#5C00AA
RGBrgb(92, 0, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.3608, 0, 0.6667
RGB percentages36.1%, 0%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(272.5, 100%, 33.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.5, 100%, 66.7%)
CMYK45.9%, 100%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,029,482
CSS custom property--colour: #5C00AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05178WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness76.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.32:1
Contrast with white10.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#202020
Inverted#A3FF55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0041AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#003FA7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Tritanopia#474062no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.32:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 17.2Dark orchid · ΔE 17.7Indigo · ΔE 18.3Blue violet · ΔE 18.6Dark violet · ΔE 19.1Navy · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 17.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4EAA00
Analogous#0700AA, #AA00A3
Triadic#AA5C00, #00AA5C
Split complementary#A3AA00, #00AA07
Tetradic#AA0700, #4EAA00, #00A3AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C177FF
Lighter +30%#A944FF
Lighter +20%#9211FF
Lighter +10%#7800DD
Darker −10%#400077
Darker −20%#250044
Darker −30%#090011
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5C00AA
Less saturated −25%#5A1595

Channel breakdown

R92
G0
B170
Red92 (36.1%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue272.47°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness33.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5C · G 00 · B AA

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