Information about #5F3CAC color

#5F3CAC color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#5F3CAC falls into the Violet Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(95, 60, 172) — 37.3% red, 23.5% green, 67.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 30 / 44 / 0 / 33. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #5F3CAC reads as a clearly saturated blue-purple violet and feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Mabel's Meals (#6744A8). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Plump Purple (#5946B2) and Moderate Indigo (#614AA8).

The recipe behind #5F3CAC is rgb(95, 60, 172), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #5F3CAC: 7.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.7:1 for black. #5F3CAC has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#5F3CAC color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#5F3CAC color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #5F3CAC

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#5F3CAC
  • RGB95, 60, 172
  • CMYK30, 44, 0, 33
  • CSSrgb(95, 60, 172)
  • HSL259°, 48%, 45%
  • HSL Precise258.75°, 48.276%, 45.49%
  • HSV259°, 65%, 67%
  • HSB259°, 65%, 67%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.373
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.235
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.675
  • GLSLvec3(0.373, 0.235, 0.675)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.373, 0.235, 0.675, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.373, 0.235, 0.675)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB37.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB23.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB67.5%
  • Color FamilyViolet
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID5F3CAC
  • DECIMAL ID6241452
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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