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Recognised as Colour

#5F0387

  • #5F0387
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#5F0387 is a violet with RGB values 95, 3, 135 and HSL 282°, 96%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#5F0387#5F0387
HEX#5F0387
RGBrgb(95, 3, 135)
RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.0118, 0.5294
RGB percentages37.3%, 1.2%, 52.9%
HSLhsl(281.8, 95.7%, 27.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.8, 97.8%, 52.9%)
CMYK29.6%, 97.8%, 0%, 47.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,226,823
CSS custom property--colour: #5F0387;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04247WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness69.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.35:1
Contrast with white11.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#202020
Inverted#A0FC78

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00378Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#003B85no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.9 from the original
Tritanopia#592E4Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.35:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 6Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.6Purple · ΔE 15Dark magenta · ΔE 15.9Navy · ΔE 20.1Dark blue · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 6.04, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2B8703
Analogous#1D0387, #87036D
Triadic#875F03, #03875F
Split complementary#6D8703, #03871D
Tetradic#871D03, #2B8703, #036D87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CB5BFB
Lighter +30%#BB29FA
Lighter +20%#A505EB
Lighter +10%#8204B9
Darker −10%#3C0255
Darker −20%#190123
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#60008A
Less saturated −25%#581476

Channel breakdown

R95
G3
B135
Red95 (37.3%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue135 (52.9%)
Hue281.82°
Saturation (HSL)95.65%
Lightness27.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5F · G 03 · B 87

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