Recognised as Colour

#500FAE

#500FAE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#500FAE is a violet with RGB values 80, 15, 174 and HSL 265°, 84%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#500FAE#500FAE

HEX#500FAE

RGBrgb(80, 15, 174)

RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.0588, 0.6824

RGB percentages31.4%, 5.9%, 68.2%

HSLhsl(264.5, 84.1%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(264.5, 91.4%, 68.2%)

CMYK54%, 91.4%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,246,894

CSS custom property--colour: #500FAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05103WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness74.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.39:1

Contrast with white10.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#282828

Inverted#AFF051

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0042B2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#003CABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original

Tritanopia#2C4666no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 15 Navy · ΔE 18.8 Indigo · ΔE 19 Blue violet · ΔE 19.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 19.9 Dark violet · ΔE 21.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 15.04, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6DAE0F

Analogous#0F1EAE, #9F0FAE

Triadic#AE500F, #0FAE50

Split complementary#AE9F0F, #1EAE0F

Tetradic#AE0F1E, #6DAE0F, #0FAE9F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BC93F6

Lighter +30%#9E64F2

Lighter +20%#8135EE

Lighter +10%#6613DD

Darker −10%#3A0B7F

Darker −20%#250750

Darker −30%#0F0321

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4D00BD

Less saturated −25%#542796

Channel breakdown

R80

G15

B174

Red80 (31.4%)

Green15 (5.9%)

Blue174 (68.2%)

Hue264.53°

Saturation (HSL)84.13%

Lightness37.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 50 · G 0F · B AE

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