Recognised as Colour

#5F1792

#5F1792
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#5F1792 is a violet with RGB values 95, 23, 146 and HSL 275°, 73%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#5F1792

RGBrgb(95, 23, 146)

RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.0902, 0.5725

RGB percentages37.3%, 9%, 57.3%

HSLhsl(275.1, 72.8%, 33.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(275.1, 84.2%, 57.3%)

CMYK34.9%, 84.2%, 0%, 42.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,231,954

CSS custom property--colour: #5F1792;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05121WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness73.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.37:1

Contrast with white10.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#A0E86D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003E95no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#004090no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.2 from the original

Tritanopia#553956no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 6.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 12 Purple · ΔE 17.5 Dark magenta · ΔE 18.1 Navy · ΔE 19.3 Dark blue · ΔE 20.5

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 6.68, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4A9217

Analogous#211792, #921788

Triadic#925F17, #17925F

Split complementary#879217, #179222

Tetradic#922217, #4A9217, #178792

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C389EC

Lighter +30%#AD5DE5

Lighter +20%#9631DE

Lighter +10%#7C1EBE

Darker −10%#421066

Darker −20%#26093A

Darker −30%#09020E

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6302A7

Less saturated −25%#5B2C7D

Channel breakdown

R95

G23

B146

Red95 (37.3%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue146 (57.3%)

Hue275.12°

Saturation (HSL)72.78%

Lightness33.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5F · G 17 · B 92

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