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Recognised as Colour

#5000DB

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

#5000DB is a violet with RGB values 80, 0, 219 and HSL 262°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#5000DB#5000DB
HEX#5000DB
RGBrgb(80, 0, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0, 0.8588
RGB percentages31.4%, 0%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(261.9, 100%, 42.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.9, 100%, 85.9%)
CMYK63.5%, 100%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,243,099
CSS custom property--colour: #5000DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0682WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness85.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.88:1
Contrast with white8.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#212121
Inverted#AFFF24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0050E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0043D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Tritanopia#005880no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 99.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 8.7Blue violet · ΔE 17.9Blue · ΔE 20.3Dark violet · ΔE 20.6Dark orchid · ΔE 31.9Dark blue · ΔE 34.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 8.66, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8BDB00
Analogous#001DDB, #BE00DB
Triadic#DB5000, #00DB50
Split complementary#DBBE00, #1EDB00
Tetradic#DB001D, #8BDB00, #00DBBE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C8A8FF
Lighter +30%#A775FF
Lighter +20%#8742FF
Lighter +10%#670FFF
Darker −10%#3D00A8
Darker −20%#2B0075
Darker −30%#180042
Darker −40%#05000F
More saturated +25%#5000DB
Less saturated −25%#571BC0

Channel breakdown

R80
G0
B219
Red80 (31.4%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue261.92°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness42.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 50 · G 00 · B DB

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