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Colour

#5000CC

  • #5000CC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#5000CC is a violet with RGB values 80, 0, 204 and HSL 264°, 100%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#5000CC#5000CC
HEX#5000CC
RGBrgb(80, 0, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0, 0.8
RGB percentages31.4%, 0%, 80%
HSLhsl(263.5, 100%, 40%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.5, 100%, 80%)
CMYK60.8%, 100%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,243,084
CSS custom property--colour: #5000CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06065WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness81.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.49:1
Contrast with white9.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#202020
Inverted#AFFF33

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004AD1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0040C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Tritanopia#005177no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 93.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.49:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 9.7Blue violet · ΔE 15.2Dark violet · ΔE 17.8Blue · ΔE 26.9Dark orchid · ΔE 27.1Dark blue · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 9.72, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7CCC00
Analogous#0016CC, #B600CC
Triadic#CC5000, #00CC50
Split complementary#CCB600, #16CC00
Tetradic#CC0016, #7CCC00, #00CCB6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C199FF
Lighter +30%#A266FF
Lighter +20%#8333FF
Lighter +10%#6400FF
Darker −10%#3C0099
Darker −20%#280066
Darker −30%#140033
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5000CC
Less saturated −25%#5519B3

Channel breakdown

R80
G0
B204
Red80 (31.4%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue263.53°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness40%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 50 · G 00 · B CC

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