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Recognised as Colour

#5F308D

  • #5F308D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#5F308D is a violet with RGB values 95, 48, 141 and HSL 270°, 49%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#5F308D#5F308D
HEX#5F308D
RGBrgb(95, 48, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.1882, 0.5529
RGB percentages37.3%, 18.8%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(270.3, 49.2%, 37.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.3, 66%, 55.3%)
CMYK32.6%, 66%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,238,349
CSS custom property--colour: #5F308D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0647WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness79.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.15:1
Contrast with white9.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#A0CF72

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004790no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#14488Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Tritanopia#56445Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.15:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 5.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 13.9Midnight blue · ΔE 17.8Indigo · ΔE 18.4Purple · ΔE 20.4Slate blue · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 5.23, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5E8D30
Analogous#31308D, #8D308C
Triadic#8D5F30, #308D5F
Split complementary#8C8D30, #308D31
Tetradic#8D3130, #5E8D30, #308C8D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C5A8E1
Lighter +30%#AB82D4
Lighter +20%#925CC7
Lighter +10%#793DB3
Darker −10%#452367
Darker −20%#2C1641
Darker −30%#12091B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5F18A5
Less saturated −25%#5F4875

Channel breakdown

R95
G48
B141
Red95 (37.3%)
Green48 (18.8%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue270.32°
Saturation (HSL)49.21%
Lightness37.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5F · G 30 · B 8D

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