Colour

#5F0298

#5F0298
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#5F0298 is a violet with RGB values 95, 2, 152 and HSL 277°, 97%, 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

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HEX#5F0298

RGBrgb(95, 2, 152)

RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.0078, 0.5961

RGB percentages37.3%, 0.8%, 59.6%

HSLhsl(277.2, 97.4%, 30.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(277.2, 98.7%, 59.6%)

CMYK37.5%, 98.7%, 0%, 40.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,226,584

CSS custom property--colour: #5F0298;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04743WCAG 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 10.78:1

Contrast with white10.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#212121

Inverted#A0FD67

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003C9Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#003D96no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original

Tritanopia#533757no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 9.7 Dark blue · ΔE 17.4 Navy · ΔE 18.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 18.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.9 Dark magenta · ΔE 20.7

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 9.67, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3B9802

Analogous#140298, #980286

Triadic#985F02, #02985F

Split complementary#869802, #029814

Tetradic#981402, #3B9802, #028698

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C569FD

Lighter +30%#B137FC

Lighter +20%#9E04FC

Lighter +10%#7E03CA

Darker −10%#400166

Darker −20%#200133

Darker −30%#010001

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5F009A

Less saturated −25%#5A1585

Channel breakdown

R95

B152

Red95 (37.3%)

Green2 (0.8%)

Blue152 (59.6%)

Hue277.2°

Saturation (HSL)97.4%

Lightness30.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5F · G 02 · B 98

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