Colour

#5E2B84

#5E2B84
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#5E2B84 is a violet with RGB values 94, 43, 132 and HSL 274°, 51%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#5E2B84#5E2B84

HEX#5E2B84

RGBrgb(94, 43, 132)

RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.1686, 0.5176

RGB percentages36.9%, 16.9%, 51.8%

HSLhsl(274.4, 50.9%, 34.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(274.4, 67.4%, 51.8%)

CMYK28.8%, 67.4%, 0%, 48.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,171,524

CSS custom property--colour: #5E2B84;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05773WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness75.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.75:1

Contrast with white9.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C

Inverted#A1D47B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004287no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#184482no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original

Tritanopia#583E53no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 8.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 14.1 Midnight blue · ΔE 17.7 Indigo · ΔE 19.1 Purple · ΔE 19.5 Dark magenta · ΔE 23

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 8.07, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#51842B

Analogous#322B84, #842B7D

Triadic#845E2B, #2B845E

Split complementary#7D842B, #2B8432

Tetradic#84322B, #51842B, #2B7D84

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C29CDF

Lighter +30%#AB76D2

Lighter +20%#934FC6

Lighter +10%#7938AA

Darker −10%#431E5E

Darker −20%#271237

Darker −30%#0C0511

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#61159A

Less saturated −25%#5B416E

Channel breakdown

R94

G43

B132

Red94 (36.9%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue132 (51.8%)

Hue274.38°

Saturation (HSL)50.86%

Lightness34.31%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5E · G 2B · B 84

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