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Recognised as Colour

#5F299F

  • #5F299F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#5F299F is a violet with RGB values 95, 41, 159 and HSL 267°, 59%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#5F299F#5F299F
HEX#5F299F
RGBrgb(95, 41, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.1608, 0.6235
RGB percentages37.3%, 16.1%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(267.5, 59%, 39.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.5, 74.2%, 62.4%)
CMYK40.3%, 74.2%, 0%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,236,575
CSS custom property--colour: #5F299F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06522WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness81 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.11:1
Contrast with white9.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D
Inverted#A0D660

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0048A2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#00479Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Tritanopia#504762no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.11:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 9.1Indigo · ΔE 10.9Slate blue · ΔE 19.2Navy · ΔE 20.5Purple · ΔE 21Dark magenta · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 9.14, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#699F29
Analogous#292E9F, #9A299F
Triadic#9F5F29, #299F5F
Split complementary#9F9A29, #2E9F29
Tetradic#9F292E, #699F29, #299F9A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C7ABE9
Lighter +30%#AD82DF
Lighter +20%#925AD4
Lighter +10%#7733C8
Darker −10%#471F76
Darker −20%#2F144E
Darker −30%#160A25
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5D10B8
Less saturated −25%#614286

Channel breakdown

R95
G41
B159
Red95 (37.3%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue267.46°
Saturation (HSL)59%
Lightness39.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5F · G 29 · B 9F

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