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Recognised as Colour

#5D1479

  • #5D1479
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#5D1479 is a violet with RGB values 93, 20, 121 and HSL 283°, 72%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#5D1479#5D1479
HEX#5D1479
RGBrgb(93, 20, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.3647, 0.0784, 0.4745
RGB percentages36.5%, 7.8%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(283.4, 71.6%, 27.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.4, 83.5%, 47.5%)
CMYK23.1%, 83.5%, 0%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,100,089
CSS custom property--colour: #5D1479;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04208WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness67 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.4:1
Contrast with white11.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B
Inverted#A2EB86

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00367Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#093B77no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original
Tritanopia#5A2D47no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.4:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 11.3Indigo · ΔE 13.6Purple · ΔE 13.8Dark magenta · ΔE 17.6Midnight blue · ΔE 19.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 11.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#307914
Analogous#2B1479, #791462
Triadic#795D14, #14795D
Split complementary#637914, #14792B
Tetradic#792B14, #307914, #146279

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C771E8
Lighter +30%#B546E0
Lighter +20%#A022D1
Lighter +10%#7F1BA5
Darker −10%#3B0D4D
Darker −20%#1A0621
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#65028B
Less saturated −25%#552667

Channel breakdown

R93
G20
B121
Red93 (36.5%)
Green20 (7.8%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue283.37°
Saturation (HSL)71.63%
Lightness27.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5D · G 14 · B 79

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