Recognised as Colour

#5E196E

#5E196E
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#5E196E is a violet with RGB values 94, 25, 110 and HSL 289°, 63%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#5E196E

RGBrgb(94, 25, 110)

RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.098, 0.4314

RGB percentages36.9%, 9.8%, 43.1%

HSLhsl(288.7, 63%, 26.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(288.7, 77.3%, 43.1%)

CMYK14.5%, 77.3%, 0%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,166,894

CSS custom property--colour: #5E196E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04201WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness66.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.41:1

Contrast with white11.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#A1E691

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003570no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#1F3C6Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original

Tritanopia#5E2A42no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.6 Purple · ΔE 16.8 Dark slateblue · ΔE 20 Midnight blue · ΔE 21.1 Indigo · ΔE 21.3 Dark magenta · ΔE 21.5

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 15.61, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#296E19

Analogous#34196E, #6E1953

Triadic#6E5E19, #196E5E

Split complementary#546E19, #196E33

Tetradic#6E3319, #296E19, #19536E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CB74DF

Lighter +30%#BC4AD6

Lighter +20%#A52CC1

Lighter +10%#822298

Darker −10%#3A1044

Darker −20%#17061B

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#69087F

Less saturated −25%#532A5D

Channel breakdown

R94

G25

B110

Red94 (36.9%)

Green25 (9.8%)

Blue110 (43.1%)

Hue288.71°

Saturation (HSL)62.96%

Lightness26.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5E · G 19 · B 6E

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