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Recognised as Colour

#5E115D

  • #5E115D
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#5E115D is a magenta with RGB values 94, 17, 93 and HSL 301°, 69%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#5E115D#5E115D
HEX#5E115D
RGBrgb(94, 17, 93)
RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.0667, 0.3647
RGB percentages36.9%, 6.7%, 36.5%
HSLhsl(300.8, 69.4%, 21.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(300.8, 81.9%, 36.9%)
CMYK0%, 81.9%, 1.1%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,164,829
CSS custom property--colour: #5E115D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03571WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness61.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.25:1
Contrast with white12.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#272727
Inverted#A1EEA2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#022F5Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#28395Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original
Tritanopia#611D37no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.25:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 20.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.5Dark magenta · ΔE 25.5Midnight blue · ΔE 26.5Indigo · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 20.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#115E12
Analogous#39115E, #5E1136
Triadic#5D5E11, #115D5E
Split complementary#365E11, #115E39
Tetradic#5E3911, #115E12, #11365E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E15ADF
Lighter +30%#D92FD7
Lighter +20%#B421B2
Lighter +10%#891988
Darker −10%#330932
Darker −20%#080108
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6C036B
Less saturated −25%#501F4F

Channel breakdown

R94
G17
B93
Red94 (36.9%)
Green17 (6.7%)
Blue93 (36.5%)
Hue300.78°
Saturation (HSL)69.37%
Lightness21.76%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 5E · G 11 · B 5D

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