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Recognised as Colour

#5E176F

  • #5E176F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#5E176F is a violet with RGB values 94, 23, 111 and HSL 288°, 66%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#5E176F#5E176F
HEX#5E176F
RGBrgb(94, 23, 111)
RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.0902, 0.4353
RGB percentages36.9%, 9%, 43.5%
HSLhsl(288.4, 65.7%, 26.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.4, 79.3%, 43.5%)
CMYK15.3%, 79.3%, 0%, 56.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,166,383
CSS custom property--colour: #5E176F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0414WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness66 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.49:1
Contrast with white11.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C
Inverted#A1E890

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003571no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#1D3C6Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original
Tritanopia#5E2A42no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.49:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 15Purple · ΔE 15.8Indigo · ΔE 20Dark magenta · ΔE 20.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.6Midnight blue · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 14.99, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#286F17
Analogous#32176F, #6F1754
Triadic#6F5E17, #176F5E
Split complementary#546F17, #176F32
Tetradic#6F3217, #286F17, #17546F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CC71E1
Lighter +30%#BC46D9
Lighter +20%#A629C3
Lighter +10%#822099
Darker −10%#3A0E45
Darker −20%#16051B
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#680680
Less saturated −25%#54285E

Channel breakdown

R94
G23
B111
Red94 (36.9%)
Green23 (9%)
Blue111 (43.5%)
Hue288.41°
Saturation (HSL)65.67%
Lightness26.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5E · G 17 · B 6F

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