Recognised as Colour

#5F0198

#5F0198
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#5F0198 is a violet with RGB values 95, 1, 152 and HSL 277°, 99%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#5F0198#5F0198

HEX#5F0198

RGBrgb(95, 1, 152)

RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.0039, 0.5961

RGB percentages37.3%, 0.4%, 59.6%

HSLhsl(277.4, 98.7%, 30%)

HSV / HSBhsv(277.4, 99.3%, 59.6%)

CMYK37.5%, 99.3%, 0%, 40.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,226,328

CSS custom property--colour: #5F0198;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04722WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness73 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.8:1

Contrast with white10.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#202020

Inverted#A0FE67

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003C9Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#003D96no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.1 from the original

Tritanopia#533757no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 9.8 Dark blue · ΔE 17.4 Navy · ΔE 18.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 18.8 Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.2 Dark magenta · ΔE 20.8

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 9.82, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3A9801

Analogous#140198, #980185

Triadic#985F01, #01985F

Split complementary#859801, #019814

Tetradic#981401, #3A9801, #018598

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C567FE

Lighter +30%#B234FE

Lighter +20%#9E02FD

Lighter +10%#7F01CB

Darker −10%#3F0165

Darker −20%#200033

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5F0099

Less saturated −25%#5A1485

Channel breakdown

R95

B152

Red95 (37.3%)

Green1 (0.4%)

Blue152 (59.6%)

Hue277.35°

Saturation (HSL)98.69%

Lightness30%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5F · G 01 · B 98

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