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Recognised as Colour

#5006DD

  • #5006DD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#5006DD is a violet with RGB values 80, 6, 221 and HSL 261°, 95%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#5006DD#5006DD
HEX#5006DD
RGBrgb(80, 6, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.0235, 0.8667
RGB percentages31.4%, 2.4%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(260.7, 94.7%, 44.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.7, 97.3%, 86.7%)
CMYK63.8%, 97.3%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,244,637
CSS custom property--colour: #5006DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07056WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness86.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.71:1
Contrast with white8.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#252525
Inverted#AFF922

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0051E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0044DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original
Tritanopia#005A82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 99.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.71:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 8.7Blue violet · ΔE 17.7Blue · ΔE 20.2Dark violet · ΔE 20.7Dark orchid · ΔE 31.9Dark blue · ΔE 34.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 8.75, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#93DD06
Analogous#0627DD, #BC06DD
Triadic#DD5006, #06DD50
Split complementary#DDBC06, #27DD06
Tetradic#DD0627, #93DD06, #06DDBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CCB2FD
Lighter +30%#AB80FC
Lighter +20%#8A4FFA
Lighter +10%#691DF9
Darker −10%#3E05AB
Darker −20%#2C037A
Darker −30%#1A0248
Darker −40%#080116
More saturated +25%#4E00E3
Less saturated −25%#5922C1

Channel breakdown

R80
G6
B221
Red80 (31.4%)
Green6 (2.4%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue260.65°
Saturation (HSL)94.71%
Lightness44.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 50 · G 06 · B DD

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