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Recognised as Colour

#5006BA

  • #5006BA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5006BA is a violet with RGB values 80, 6, 186 and HSL 265°, 94%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#5006BA#5006BA
HEX#5006BA
RGBrgb(80, 6, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.0235, 0.7294
RGB percentages31.4%, 2.4%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(264.7, 93.7%, 37.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.7, 96.8%, 72.9%)
CMYK57%, 96.8%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,244,602
CSS custom property--colour: #5006BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05381WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness76.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.11:1
Contrast with white10.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#232323
Inverted#AFF945

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0045BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#003DB7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original
Tritanopia#1E4A6Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.11:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 15.7Medium blue · ΔE 16.6Dark violet · ΔE 18Dark blue · ΔE 19.8Dark orchid · ΔE 21.9Navy · ΔE 24.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 15.67, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#70BA06
Analogous#0616BA, #AA06BA
Triadic#BA5006, #06BA50
Split complementary#BAAA06, #16BA06
Tetradic#BA0616, #70BA06, #06BAAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BD91FB
Lighter +30%#9F5FFA
Lighter +20%#812EF8
Lighter +10%#6508EB
Darker −10%#3B0489
Darker −20%#260357
Darker −30%#100126
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4F00C0
Less saturated −25%#541EA2

Channel breakdown

R80
G6
B186
Red80 (31.4%)
Green6 (2.4%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue264.67°
Saturation (HSL)93.75%
Lightness37.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 50 · G 06 · B BA

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