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Recognised as Colour

#5012BC

  • #5012BC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5012BC is a violet with RGB values 80, 18, 188 and HSL 262°, 83%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#5012BC#5012BC
HEX#5012BC
RGBrgb(80, 18, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.0706, 0.7373
RGB percentages31.4%, 7.1%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(261.9, 82.5%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.9, 90.4%, 73.7%)
CMYK57.4%, 90.4%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,247,676
CSS custom property--colour: #5012BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05769WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness78.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.75:1
Contrast with white9.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B
Inverted#AFED43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0047C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#003FB9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Tritanopia#1A4D6Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.75:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 15.6Medium blue · ΔE 17.8Dark violet · ΔE 18.7Dark blue · ΔE 19.1Dark orchid · ΔE 21.1Navy · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 15.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7EBC12
Analogous#1229BC, #A512BC
Triadic#BC5012, #12BC50
Split complementary#BCA512, #29BC12
Tetradic#BC1229, #7EBC12, #12BCA5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C2A4F6
Lighter +30%#A375F2
Lighter +20%#8347ED
Lighter +10%#6418E9
Darker −10%#3C0E8D
Darker −20%#28095F
Darker −30%#150530
Darker −40%#010002
More saturated +25%#4B00CE
Less saturated −25%#572CA2

Channel breakdown

R80
G18
B188
Red80 (31.4%)
Green18 (7.1%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue261.88°
Saturation (HSL)82.52%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 50 · G 12 · B BC

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