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Recognised as Colour

#5F207D

  • #5F207D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#5F207D is a violet with RGB values 95, 32, 125 and HSL 281°, 59%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#5F207D#5F207D
HEX#5F207D
RGBrgb(95, 32, 125)
RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.1255, 0.4902
RGB percentages37.3%, 12.5%, 49%
HSLhsl(280.6, 59.2%, 30.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.6, 74.4%, 49%)
CMYK24%, 74.4%, 0%, 51%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,234,237
CSS custom property--colour: #5F207D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04947WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness71.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.56:1
Contrast with white10.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#343434
Inverted#A0DF82

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003C80no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original
Deuteranopia#15407Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Tritanopia#5C344Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.56:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 9.6Purple · ΔE 15.9Indigo · ΔE 16.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.4Midnight blue · ΔE 18.8Dark magenta · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 9.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3E7D20
Analogous#31207D, #7D206C
Triadic#7D5F20, #207D5F
Split complementary#6C7D20, #207D31
Tetradic#7D3120, #3E7D20, #206C7D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C488E1
Lighter +30%#B060D6
Lighter +20%#9C37CC
Lighter +10%#7E2AA6
Darker −10%#401654
Darker −20%#210B2C
Darker −30%#020103
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#660C91
Less saturated −25%#583469

Channel breakdown

R95
G32
B125
Red95 (37.3%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue125 (49%)
Hue280.65°
Saturation (HSL)59.24%
Lightness30.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5F · G 20 · B 7D

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