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Recognised as Colour

#5D319E

  • #5D319E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#5D319E is a violet with RGB values 93, 49, 158 and HSL 264°, 53%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#5D319E#5D319E
HEX#5D319E
RGBrgb(93, 49, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.3647, 0.1922, 0.6196
RGB percentages36.5%, 19.2%, 62%
HSLhsl(264.2, 52.7%, 40.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.2, 69%, 62%)
CMYK41.1%, 69%, 0%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,107,550
CSS custom property--colour: #5D319E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06992WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness82.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.76:1
Contrast with white8.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#424242
Inverted#A2CE61

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004BA1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#00499Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Tritanopia#4D4B63no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.76:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 5Indigo · ΔE 14.1Slate blue · ΔE 16.4Midnight blue · ΔE 19.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 20Purple · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 5.04, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#729E31
Analogous#313C9E, #93319E
Triadic#9E5D31, #319E5D
Split complementary#9E9431, #3B9E31
Tetradic#9E313C, #729E31, #319E93

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C8B3E8
Lighter +30%#AC8DDB
Lighter +20%#9066CF
Lighter +10%#743FC3
Darker −10%#462577
Darker −20%#2F1950
Darker −30%#180D29
Darker −40%#010102
More saturated +25%#5817B8
Less saturated −25%#624B84

Channel breakdown

R93
G49
B158
Red93 (36.5%)
Green49 (19.2%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue264.22°
Saturation (HSL)52.66%
Lightness40.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5D · G 31 · B 9E

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