Recognised as Colour

#5E0977

#5E0977
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Purple

#5E0977 is a violet with RGB values 94, 9, 119 and HSL 286°, 86%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

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HEX#5E0977

RGBrgb(94, 9, 119)

RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.0353, 0.4667

RGB percentages36.9%, 3.5%, 46.7%

HSLhsl(286.4, 85.9%, 25.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(286.4, 92.4%, 46.7%)

CMYK21%, 92.4%, 0%, 53.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,162,807

CSS custom property--colour: #5E0977;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03907WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness65.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.79:1

Contrast with white11.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#232323

Inverted#A1F688

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00337Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#053A75no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original

Tritanopia#5C2844no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 12.2 Indigo · ΔE 12.3 Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.1 Dark magenta · ΔE 15.9 Midnight blue · ΔE 21.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.9

Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 12.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#227709

Analogous#270977, #770959

Triadic#775E09, #09775E

Split complementary#597709, #097727

Tetradic#772709, #227709, #095977

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D05AF2

Lighter +30%#C22AEF

Lighter +20%#A910D6

Lighter +10%#830DA6

Darker −10%#390548

Darker −20%#130218

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#630080

Less saturated −25%#551967

Channel breakdown

R94

B119

Red94 (36.9%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue119 (46.7%)

Hue286.36°

Saturation (HSL)85.94%

Lightness25.1%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5E · G 09 · B 77

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