Recognised as Colour

#5C2D75

#5C2D75
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#5C2D75 is a violet with RGB values 92, 45, 117 and HSL 279°, 44%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#5C2D75#5C2D75

HEX#5C2D75

RGBrgb(92, 45, 117)

RGB (0–1)0.3608, 0.1765, 0.4588

RGB percentages36.1%, 17.6%, 45.9%

HSLhsl(279.2, 44.4%, 31.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(279.2, 61.5%, 45.9%)

CMYK21.4%, 61.5%, 0%, 54.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,040,949

CSS custom property--colour: #5C2D75;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05436WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness72.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.06:1

Contrast with white10.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C

Inverted#A3D28A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#154077no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#284373no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original

Tritanopia#593A4Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 13 Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.2 Midnight blue · ΔE 20.9 Purple · ΔE 24.5 Indigo · ΔE 27.6 Dark magenta · ΔE 28.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 13.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#46752D

Analogous#382D75, #752D6A

Triadic#755C2D, #2D755C

Split complementary#6A752D, #2D7538

Tetradic#75382D, #46752D, #2D6A75

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C197D7

Lighter +30%#AB72C9

Lighter +20%#954DBB

Lighter +10%#793B9A

Darker −10%#3F1F50

Darker −20%#22112B

Darker −30%#050206

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#621989

Less saturated −25%#564161

Channel breakdown

R92

G45

B117

Red92 (36.1%)

Green45 (17.6%)

Blue117 (45.9%)

Hue279.17°

Saturation (HSL)44.44%

Lightness31.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5C · G 2D · B 75

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