Recognised as Colour

#500DC9

#500DC9
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#500DC9 is a violet with RGB values 80, 13, 201 and HSL 261°, 88%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#500DC9#500DC9

HEX#500DC9

RGBrgb(80, 13, 201)

RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.051, 0.7882

RGB percentages31.4%, 5.1%, 78.8%

HSLhsl(261.4, 87.9%, 42%)

HSV / HSBhsv(261.4, 93.5%, 78.8%)

CMYK60.2%, 93.5%, 0%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,246,409

CSS custom property--colour: #500DC9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0621WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness81.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.37:1

Contrast with white9.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#292929

Inverted#AFF236

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004BCEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34 from the original

Deuteranopia#0041C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30 from the original

Tritanopia#005276no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 91.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 11.9 Blue violet · ΔE 14.2 Dark violet · ΔE 17.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 24.7 Dark blue · ΔE 24.9 Navy · ΔE 29.8

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 11.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#86C90D

Analogous#0D28C9, #AE0DC9

Triadic#C9500D, #0DC950

Split complementary#C9AE0D, #28C90D

Tetradic#C90D28, #86C90D, #0DC9AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C5A9F9

Lighter +30%#A579F6

Lighter +20%#8649F3

Lighter +10%#6619F0

Darker −10%#3D0A99

Darker −20%#2A0769

Darker −30%#170439

Darker −40%#040109

More saturated +25%#4C00D6

Less saturated −25%#5828AE

Channel breakdown

R80

G13

B201

Red80 (31.4%)

Green13 (5.1%)

Blue201 (78.8%)

Hue261.38°

Saturation (HSL)87.85%

Lightness41.96%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 50 · G 0D · B C9

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