Colour

#5D2197

#5D2197
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#5D2197 is a violet with RGB values 93, 33, 151 and HSL 271°, 64%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#5D2197

RGBrgb(93, 33, 151)

RGB (0–1)0.3647, 0.1294, 0.5922

RGB percentages36.5%, 12.9%, 59.2%

HSLhsl(270.5, 64.1%, 36.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270.5, 78.1%, 59.2%)

CMYK38.4%, 78.1%, 0%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,103,447

CSS custom property--colour: #5D2197;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05649WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness76.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.86:1

Contrast with white9.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#A2DE68

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00429Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#004395no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original

Tritanopia#50405Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 8.4 Rebecca purple · ΔE 9.7 Purple · ΔE 19.3 Navy · ΔE 19.5 Dark magenta · ΔE 20.1 Dark blue · ΔE 20.8

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 8.43, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5B9721

Analogous#222197, #972196

Triadic#975D21, #21975D

Split complementary#969721, #219722

Tetradic#972221, #5B9721, #219697

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C39BE9

Lighter +30%#A971E0

Lighter +20%#9047D7

Lighter +10%#772AC1

Darker −10%#43186D

Darker −20%#290F43

Darker −30%#100619

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5D0AAE

Less saturated −25%#5D3880

Channel breakdown

R93

G33

B151

Red93 (36.5%)

Green33 (12.9%)

Blue151 (59.2%)

Hue270.51°

Saturation (HSL)64.13%

Lightness36.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5D · G 21 · B 97

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