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Recognised as Colour

#5C356D

  • #5C356D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#5C356D is a violet with RGB values 92, 53, 109 and HSL 282°, 35%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#5C356D#5C356D
HEX#5C356D
RGBrgb(92, 53, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.3608, 0.2078, 0.4275
RGB percentages36.1%, 20.8%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(281.8, 34.6%, 31.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.8, 51.4%, 42.7%)
CMYK15.6%, 51.4%, 0%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,042,989
CSS custom property--colour: #5C356D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05926WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness74.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.61:1
Contrast with white9.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#A3CA92

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#29436Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#35466Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Tritanopia#5B3D4Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.61:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.3Midnight blue · ΔE 27.6Purple · ΔE 32.6Medium purple · ΔE 36.5Slate blue · ΔE 36.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 16.6, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#466D35
Analogous#40356D, #6D3562
Triadic#6D5C35, #356D5C
Split complementary#626D35, #356D40
Tetradic#6D4035, #466D35, #35626D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C19ED0
Lighter +30%#AB7CBF
Lighter +20%#9559AF
Lighter +10%#79468F
Darker −10%#3F244B
Darker −20%#221428
Darker −30%#050306
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#642181
Less saturated −25%#544959

Channel breakdown

R92
G53
B109
Red92 (36.1%)
Green53 (20.8%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue281.79°
Saturation (HSL)34.57%
Lightness31.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5C · G 35 · B 6D

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