Colour

#5E1D7A

#5E1D7A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#5E1D7A is a violet with RGB values 94, 29, 122 and HSL 282°, 62%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#5E1D7A

RGBrgb(94, 29, 122)

RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.1137, 0.4784

RGB percentages36.9%, 11.4%, 47.8%

HSLhsl(281.9, 61.6%, 29.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(281.9, 76.2%, 47.8%)

CMYK23%, 76.2%, 0%, 52.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,167,930

CSS custom property--colour: #5E1D7A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04664WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness69.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.87:1

Contrast with white10.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#A1E285

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003A7Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#153E78no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original

Tritanopia#5B324Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 10.6 Purple · ΔE 15.6 Indigo · ΔE 16.6 Midnight blue · ΔE 18.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 19 Dark magenta · ΔE 19.6

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 10.56, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#397A1D

Analogous#301D7A, #7A1D67

Triadic#7A5E1D, #1D7A5E

Split complementary#687A1D, #1D7A2F

Tetradic#7A301D, #397A1D, #1D677A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C482E1

Lighter +30%#B159D7

Lighter +20%#9D31CC

Lighter +10%#7E27A3

Darker −10%#3E1351

Darker −20%#1F0928

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#660A8D

Less saturated −25%#563067

Channel breakdown

R94

G29

B122

Red94 (36.9%)

Green29 (11.4%)

Blue122 (47.8%)

Hue281.94°

Saturation (HSL)61.59%

Lightness29.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5E · G 1D · B 7A

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