Colour

#5F229A

#5F229A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#5F229A is a violet with RGB values 95, 34, 154 and HSL 271°, 64%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#5F229A

RGBrgb(95, 34, 154)

RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.1333, 0.6039

RGB percentages37.3%, 13.3%, 60.4%

HSLhsl(270.5, 63.8%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270.5, 77.9%, 60.4%)

CMYK38.3%, 77.9%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,234,778

CSS custom property--colour: #5F229A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0591WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness78 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.62:1

Contrast with white9.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#383838

Inverted#A0DD65

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00449Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#004498no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original

Tritanopia#52415Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 8.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 10.3 Purple · ΔE 19.6 Navy · ΔE 19.7 Dark magenta · ΔE 20.1 Dark blue · ΔE 20.7

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 8.93, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5D9A22

Analogous#23229A, #9A2299

Triadic#9A5F22, #229A5F

Split complementary#999A22, #229A23

Tetradic#9A2322, #5D9A22, #22999A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C59EEA

Lighter +30%#AB75E0

Lighter +20%#924BD7

Lighter +10%#792BC4

Darker −10%#451970

Darker −20%#2B1046

Darker −30%#12061D

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5F0AB2

Less saturated −25%#5F3983

Channel breakdown

R95

G34

B154

Red95 (37.3%)

Green34 (13.3%)

Blue154 (60.4%)

Hue270.5°

Saturation (HSL)63.83%

Lightness36.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5F · G 22 · B 9A

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