Recognised as Colour

#5015BE

#5015BE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#5015BE is a violet with RGB values 80, 21, 190 and HSL 261°, 80%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#5015BE

RGBrgb(80, 21, 190)

RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.0824, 0.7451

RGB percentages31.4%, 8.2%, 74.5%

HSLhsl(260.9, 80.1%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(260.9, 88.9%, 74.5%)

CMYK57.9%, 88.9%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,248,446

CSS custom property--colour: #5015BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0596WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness79.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.58:1

Contrast with white9.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#AFEA41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0049C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#0040BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original

Tritanopia#164E70no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 15.4 Medium blue · ΔE 17.7 Dark violet · ΔE 18.7 Dark blue · ΔE 19.4 Dark orchid · ΔE 21.1 Navy · ΔE 24

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 15.39, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#83BE15

Analogous#152EBE, #A515BE

Triadic#BE5015, #15BE50

Split complementary#BEA415, #2FBE15

Tetradic#BE152E, #83BE15, #15BEA5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C4A9F6

Lighter +30%#A47CF0

Lighter +20%#854EEB

Lighter +10%#6520E6

Darker −10%#3D1090

Darker −20%#290B62

Darker −30%#160634

Darker −40%#030106

More saturated +25%#4A00D3

Less saturated −25%#582FA4

Channel breakdown

R80

G21

B190

Red80 (31.4%)

Green21 (8.2%)

Blue190 (74.5%)

Hue260.95°

Saturation (HSL)80.09%

Lightness41.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 50 · G 15 · B BE

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Colour values

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