Colour

#90549E

#90549E
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#90549E is a violet with RGB values 144, 84, 158 and HSL 289°, 31%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#90549E

RGBrgb(144, 84, 158)

RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.3294, 0.6196

RGB percentages56.5%, 32.9%, 62%

HSLhsl(288.6, 30.6%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(288.6, 46.8%, 62%)

CMYK8.9%, 46.8%, 0%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,458,846

CSS custom property--colour: #90549E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14739WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness114.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.32:1

Contrast with white5.32:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#666666

Inverted#6FAB61

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4967A1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#596D9Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original

Tritanopia#915E71no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.95:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.9 Medium purple · ΔE 22.2 Orchid · ΔE 25.4 Purple · ΔE 27.3 Slate blue · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 21.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#629E54

Analogous#6B549E, #9E5487

Triadic#9E9054, #549E90

Split complementary#879E54, #549E6B

Tetradic#9E6B54, #629E54, #54879E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E5D5E9

Lighter +30%#D0B4D7

Lighter +20%#BC93C5

Lighter +10%#A771B4

Darker −10%#72427D

Darker −20%#53315B

Darker −30%#351F3A

Darker −40%#170D19

More saturated +25%#A336BC

Less saturated −25%#7D7280

Channel breakdown

R144

G84

B158

Red144 (56.5%)

Green84 (32.9%)

Blue158 (62%)

Hue288.65°

Saturation (HSL)30.58%

Lightness47.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 90 · G 54 · B 9E

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