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Recognised as Colour

#5015DB

  • #5015DB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#5015DB is a violet with RGB values 80, 21, 219 and HSL 258°, 83%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#5015DB#5015DB
HEX#5015DB
RGBrgb(80, 21, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.0824, 0.8588
RGB percentages31.4%, 8.2%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(257.9, 82.5%, 47.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.9, 90.4%, 85.9%)
CMYK63.5%, 90.4%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,248,475
CSS custom property--colour: #5015DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07356WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness87.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.5:1
Contrast with white8.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#303030
Inverted#AFEA24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0052E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0046D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Tritanopia#005B81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 97 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 9.1Blue violet · ΔE 15.4Dark violet · ΔE 19.4Blue · ΔE 23.6Dark orchid · ΔE 29Dark blue · ΔE 31.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 9.08, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A0DB15
Analogous#153DDB, #B315DB
Triadic#DB5015, #15DB50
Split complementary#DBB315, #3DDB15
Tetradic#DB153D, #A0DB15, #15DBB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D3C3F9
Lighter +30%#B194F5
Lighter +20%#8F66F0
Lighter +10%#6D37EC
Darker −10%#3F11AC
Darker −20%#2E0C7E
Darker −30%#1D084F
Darker −40%#0C0321
More saturated +25%#4800F0
Less saturated −25%#5C33BD

Channel breakdown

R80
G21
B219
Red80 (31.4%)
Green21 (8.2%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue257.88°
Saturation (HSL)82.5%
Lightness47.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 50 · G 15 · B DB

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