Colour

#5F0097

#5F0097
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#5F0097 is a violet with RGB values 95, 0, 151 and HSL 278°, 100%, 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 Indigo.

Colour values

#5F0097#5F0097

HEX#5F0097

RGBrgb(95, 0, 151)

RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0, 0.5922

RGB percentages37.3%, 0%, 59.2%

HSLhsl(277.7, 100%, 29.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(277.7, 100%, 59.2%)

CMYK37.1%, 100%, 0%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,226,071

CSS custom property--colour: #5F0097;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04667WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness72.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.86:1

Contrast with white10.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F

Inverted#A0FF68

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003B9Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#003D95no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original

Tritanopia#543657no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 9.6 Dark blue · ΔE 17.5 Navy · ΔE 18.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 19 Rebecca purple · ΔE 20 Dark magenta · ΔE 20.5

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 9.56, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#389700

Analogous#130097, #970084

Triadic#975F00, #00975F

Split complementary#849700, #009714

Tetradic#971400, #389700, #008497

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C664FF

Lighter +30%#B331FF

Lighter +20%#9F00FD

Lighter +10%#7F00CA

Darker −10%#3F0064

Darker −20%#1F0031

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5F0097

Less saturated −25%#5A1384

Channel breakdown

R95

B151

Red95 (37.3%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue151 (59.2%)

Hue277.75°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness29.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5F · G 00 · B 97

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#5F0097

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else