Recognised as Colour

#5C1281

#5C1281
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#5C1281 is a violet with RGB values 92, 18, 129 and HSL 280°, 76%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#5C1281#5C1281

HEX#5C1281

RGBrgb(92, 18, 129)

RGB (0–1)0.3608, 0.0706, 0.5059

RGB percentages36.1%, 7.1%, 50.6%

HSLhsl(280, 75.5%, 28.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280, 86%, 50.6%)

CMYK28.7%, 86%, 0%, 49.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,034,049

CSS custom property--colour: #5C1281;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04293WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness68 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.3:1

Contrast with white11.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A

Inverted#A3ED7E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003784no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#003B7Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.2 from the original

Tritanopia#57304Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 8.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 10.6 Purple · ΔE 14.3 Dark magenta · ΔE 17 Midnight blue · ΔE 20 Navy · ΔE 22.3

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 8.92, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#378112

Analogous#251281, #81126E

Triadic#815C12, #12815C

Split complementary#6F8112, #128124

Tetradic#812412, #378112, #126F81

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C473EC

Lighter +30%#B047E5

Lighter +20%#9C1EDB

Lighter +10%#7C18AE

Darker −10%#3C0C54

Darker −20%#1C0627

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#620093

Less saturated −25%#56246F

Channel breakdown

R92

G18

B129

Red92 (36.1%)

Green18 (7.1%)

Blue129 (50.6%)

Hue280°

Saturation (HSL)75.51%

Lightness28.82%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5C · G 12 · B 81

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Colour harmonies

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