Recognised as Colour

#5F00A2

#5F00A2
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#5F00A2 is a violet with RGB values 95, 0, 162 and HSL 275°, 100%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#5F00A2

RGBrgb(95, 0, 162)

RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0, 0.6353

RGB percentages37.3%, 0%, 63.5%

HSLhsl(275.2, 100%, 31.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(275.2, 100%, 63.5%)

CMYK41.4%, 100%, 0%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,226,082

CSS custom property--colour: #5F00A2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05042WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness75.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.46:1

Contrast with white10.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#202020

Inverted#A0FF5D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003FA6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original

Deuteranopia#003F9Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original

Tritanopia#4F3B5Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 14.4 Dark blue · ΔE 17 Dark orchid · ΔE 17.3 Navy · ΔE 19.3 Dark violet · ΔE 21.6 Blue violet · ΔE 21.6

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 14.4, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#43A200

Analogous#0E00A2, #A20094

Triadic#A25F00, #00A25F

Split complementary#94A200, #00A20E

Tetradic#A20E00, #43A200, #0094A2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C36FFF

Lighter +30%#AE3CFF

Lighter +20%#9909FF

Lighter +10%#7D00D5

Darker −10%#41006F

Darker −20%#23003C

Darker −30%#050009

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5F00A2

Less saturated −25%#5C148E

Channel breakdown

R95

B162

Red95 (37.3%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue162 (63.5%)

Hue275.19°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness31.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5F · G 00 · B A2

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