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Recognised as Colour

#5E005B

  • #5E005B
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#5E005B is a magenta with RGB values 94, 0, 91 and HSL 302°, 100%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#5E005B#5E005B
HEX#5E005B
RGBrgb(94, 0, 91)
RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0, 0.3569
RGB percentages36.9%, 0%, 35.7%
HSLhsl(301.9, 100%, 18.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(301.9, 100%, 36.9%)
CMYK0%, 100%, 3.2%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,160,475
CSS custom property--colour: #5E005B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03135WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness59.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.91:1
Contrast with white12.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B
Inverted#A1FFA4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002A5Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#243659no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original
Tritanopia#621332no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.91:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 17.6Dark magenta · ΔE 22.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.4Indigo · ΔE 26.1Midnight blue · ΔE 27.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.3
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 17.58, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#005E03
Analogous#32005E, #5E002C
Triadic#5B5E00, #005B5E
Split complementary#2C5E00, #005E32
Tetradic#5E3200, #005E03, #002C5E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FF2BF8
Lighter +30%#F700EF
Lighter +20%#C400BE
Lighter +10%#91008C
Darker −10%#2B002A
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5E005B
Less saturated −25%#520C50

Channel breakdown

R94
G0
B91
Red94 (36.9%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue91 (35.7%)
Hue301.91°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness18.43%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 5E · G 00 · B 5B

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