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Colour

#5D40AE

  • #5D40AE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#5D40AE is a violet with RGB values 93, 64, 174 and HSL 256°, 46%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#5D40AE#5D40AE
HEX#5D40AE
RGBrgb(93, 64, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.3647, 0.251, 0.6824
RGB percentages36.5%, 25.1%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(255.8, 46.2%, 46.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.8, 63.2%, 68.2%)
CMYK46.6%, 63.2%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,111,406
CSS custom property--colour: #5D40AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0905WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness91.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.47:1
Contrast with white7.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E
Inverted#A2BF51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0057B1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0052ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Tritanopia#445A71no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.47:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 8.9Slate blue · ΔE 10.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.4Medium purple · ΔE 19.6Indigo · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 8.86, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#91AE40
Analogous#405AAE, #9440AE
Triadic#AE5D40, #40AE5D
Split complementary#AE9440, #5AAE40
Tetradic#AE405A, #91AE40, #40AE94

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D6CDED
Lighter +30%#B6A8DF
Lighter +20%#9783D1
Lighter +10%#785DC4
Darker −10%#493289
Darker −20%#352563
Darker −30%#21173E
Darker −40%#0D0919
More saturated +25%#4F22CC
Less saturated −25%#6B5E90

Channel breakdown

R93
G64
B174
Red93 (36.5%)
Green64 (25.1%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue255.82°
Saturation (HSL)46.22%
Lightness46.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5D · G 40 · B AE

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