Colour

#5000B2

#5000B2
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#5000B2 is a violet with RGB values 80, 0, 178 and HSL 267°, 100%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#5000B2

RGBrgb(80, 0, 178)

RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0, 0.698

RGB percentages31.4%, 0%, 69.8%

HSLhsl(267, 100%, 34.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(267, 100%, 69.8%)

CMYK55.1%, 100%, 0%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,243,058

CSS custom property--colour: #5000B2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0492WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness74.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.58:1

Contrast with white10.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E

Inverted#AFFF4D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0041B6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#003BAFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original

Tritanopia#284567no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 17.2 Dark blue · ΔE 17.7 Dark violet · ΔE 18.9 Medium blue · ΔE 19.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 21.3 Navy · ΔE 22.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 17.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#62B200

Analogous#0009B2, #A900B2

Triadic#B25000, #00B250

Split complementary#B2A900, #09B200

Tetradic#B20009, #62B200, #00B2A9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B97FFF

Lighter +30%#9C4CFF

Lighter +20%#8019FF

Lighter +10%#6700E5

Darker −10%#39007F

Darker −20%#22004C

Darker −30%#0B0019

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5000B2

Less saturated −25%#52169C

Channel breakdown

R80

B178

Red80 (31.4%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue178 (69.8%)

Hue266.97°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness34.9%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 50 · G 00 · B B2

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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