Colour

#5012FF

#5012FF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue

#5012FF is a violet with RGB values 80, 18, 255 and HSL 256°, 100%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#5012FF#5012FF

HEX#5012FF

RGBrgb(80, 18, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.0706, 1

RGB percentages31.4%, 7.1%, 100%

HSLhsl(255.7, 100%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(255.7, 92.9%, 100%)

CMYK68.6%, 92.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,247,743

CSS custom property--colour: #5012FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09358WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness97.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.31:1

Contrast with white7.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#303030

Inverted#AFED00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005EFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#004DFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original

Tritanopia#006B97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 111.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 8.7 Medium blue · ΔE 18.3 Blue violet · ΔE 27.5 Dark violet · ΔE 30.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 42.9 Dark blue · ΔE 47.4

Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 8.65, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C1FF12

Analogous#124BFF, #C612FF

Triadic#FF5012, #12FF50

Split complementary#FFC612, #4BFF12

Tetradic#FF124B, #C1FF12, #12FFC6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7DEFF

Lighter +30%#C1ABFF

Lighter +20%#9B78FF

Lighter +10%#7645FF

Darker −10%#3A00DE

Darker −20%#2D00AB

Darker −30%#1F0078

Darker −40%#120045

More saturated +25%#5012FF

Less saturated −25%#5E30E1

Channel breakdown

R80

G18

B255

Red80 (31.4%)

Green18 (7.1%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue255.7°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness53.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 50 · G 12 · B FF

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Colour values

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