Recognised as Colour

#5E1A93

#5E1A93
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#5E1A93 is a violet with RGB values 94, 26, 147 and HSL 274°, 70%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#5E1A93#5E1A93

HEX#5E1A93

RGBrgb(94, 26, 147)

RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.102, 0.5765

RGB percentages36.9%, 10.2%, 57.6%

HSLhsl(273.7, 69.9%, 33.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(273.7, 82.3%, 57.6%)

CMYK36.1%, 82.3%, 0%, 42.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,167,187

CSS custom property--colour: #5E1A93;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05225WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness74.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.27:1

Contrast with white10.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#313131

Inverted#A1E56C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003F96no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#004191no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original

Tritanopia#543B57no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 11.2 Purple · ΔE 18 Dark magenta · ΔE 18.7 Navy · ΔE 19.2 Dark blue · ΔE 20.5

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 6.97, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4F931A

Analogous#211A93, #931A8B

Triadic#935E1A, #1A935E

Split complementary#8C931A, #1A9321

Tetradic#93211A, #4F931A, #1A8C93

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C28EEB

Lighter +30%#AB63E3

Lighter +20%#9437DC

Lighter +10%#7A22BE

Darker −10%#421268

Darker −20%#270B3C

Darker −30%#0B0311

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6104A9

Less saturated −25%#5B307D

Channel breakdown

R94

G26

B147

Red94 (36.9%)

Green26 (10.2%)

Blue147 (57.6%)

Hue273.72°

Saturation (HSL)69.94%

Lightness33.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5E · G 1A · B 93

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