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Recognised as Colour

#5F0572

  • #5F0572
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#5F0572 is a violet with RGB values 95, 5, 114 and HSL 290°, 92%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#5F0572#5F0572
HEX#5F0572
RGBrgb(95, 5, 114)
RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.0196, 0.4471
RGB percentages37.3%, 2%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(289.5, 91.6%, 23.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.5, 95.6%, 44.7%)
CMYK16.7%, 95.6%, 0%, 55.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,227,314
CSS custom property--colour: #5F0572;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03756WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness64.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.99:1
Contrast with white11.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#202020
Inverted#A0FA8D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003175no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#103970no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original
Tritanopia#5F2441no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.99:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 11.7Indigo · ΔE 14.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.7Dark magenta · ΔE 16Midnight blue · ΔE 22.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 11.66, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#187205
Analogous#280572, #72054F
Triadic#725F05, #05725F
Split complementary#4F7205, #057228
Tetradic#722805, #187205, #054F72

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D94CF7
Lighter +30%#CF1BF5
Lighter +20%#B009D4
Lighter +10%#8807A3
Darker −10%#360341
Darker −20%#0E0110
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#620077
Less saturated −25%#551463

Channel breakdown

R95
G5
B114
Red95 (37.3%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue289.54°
Saturation (HSL)91.6%
Lightness23.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5F · G 05 · B 72

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