Recognised as Colour

#5F09AE

#5F09AE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark orchid

#5F09AE is a violet with RGB values 95, 9, 174 and HSL 271°, 90%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#5F09AE#5F09AE

HEX#5F09AE

RGBrgb(95, 9, 174)

RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.0353, 0.6824

RGB percentages37.3%, 3.5%, 68.2%

HSLhsl(271.3, 90.2%, 35.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(271.3, 94.8%, 68.2%)

CMYK45.4%, 94.8%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,228,398

CSS custom property--colour: #5F09AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05684WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness78.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.83:1

Contrast with white9.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#272727

Inverted#A0F651

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0044B2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#0042ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.4 from the original

Tritanopia#4A4365no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 16.6 Blue violet · ΔE 17.7 Dark blue · ΔE 18 Dark violet · ΔE 18.6 Indigo · ΔE 18.8 Navy · ΔE 21.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 16.63, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#58AE09

Analogous#0C09AE, #AE09AB

Triadic#AE5F09, #09AE5F

Split complementary#AAAE09, #09AE0D

Tetradic#AE0D09, #58AE09, #09ABAE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C48AF9

Lighter +30%#AB5AF6

Lighter +20%#9329F4

Lighter +10%#790CDE

Darker −10%#45067E

Darker −20%#2A044D

Darker −30%#10011D

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5F00B7

Less saturated −25%#5E2097

Channel breakdown

R95

B174

Red95 (37.3%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue174 (68.2%)

Hue271.27°

Saturation (HSL)90.16%

Lightness35.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5F · G 09 · B AE

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