Recognised as Colour

#5C2A74

#5C2A74
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#5C2A74 is a violet with RGB values 92, 42, 116 and HSL 281°, 47%, 31%. 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 slateblue.

Colour values

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HEX#5C2A74

RGBrgb(92, 42, 116)

RGB (0–1)0.3608, 0.1647, 0.4549

RGB percentages36.1%, 16.5%, 45.5%

HSLhsl(280.5, 46.8%, 31%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280.5, 63.8%, 45.5%)

CMYK20.7%, 63.8%, 0%, 54.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,040,180

CSS custom property--colour: #5C2A74;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05192WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness71.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.3:1

Contrast with white10.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A

Inverted#A3D58B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0F3E76no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original

Deuteranopia#264272no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30 from the original

Tritanopia#5A384Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 13.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.4 Midnight blue · ΔE 20.4 Purple · ΔE 23.2 Indigo · ΔE 26.3 Dark magenta · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 13.86, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#42742A

Analogous#372A74, #742A67

Triadic#745C2A, #2A745C

Split complementary#67742A, #2A7437

Tetradic#74372A, #42742A, #2A6774

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C192D8

Lighter +30%#AC6DCA

Lighter +20%#9747BD

Lighter +10%#7A3899

Darker −10%#3E1C4F

Darker −20%#210F29

Darker −30%#030104

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#631688

Less saturated −25%#553E60

Channel breakdown

R92

G42

B116

Red92 (36.1%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue116 (45.5%)

Hue280.54°

Saturation (HSL)46.84%

Lightness30.98%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5C · G 2A · B 74

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