Colour

#501BC8

#501BC8
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#501BC8 is a violet with RGB values 80, 27, 200 and HSL 258°, 76%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#501BC8

RGBrgb(80, 27, 200)

RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.1059, 0.7843

RGB percentages31.4%, 10.6%, 78.4%

HSLhsl(258.4, 76.2%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(258.4, 86.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK60%, 86.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,249,992

CSS custom property--colour: #501BC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06659WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness83.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.01:1

Contrast with white9.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#333333

Inverted#AFE437

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004DCCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original

Deuteranopia#0044C5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original

Tritanopia#005477no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 87.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14 Medium blue · ΔE 15.3 Dark violet · ΔE 18.4 Dark orchid · ΔE 22.3 Dark blue · ΔE 22.3 Navy · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.03, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#93C81B

Analogous#1B3DC8, #A61BC8

Triadic#C8501B, #1BC850

Split complementary#C8A71B, #3DC81B

Tetradic#C81B3D, #93C81B, #1BC8A6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CCB9F6

Lighter +30%#AB8CF0

Lighter +20%#8A60E9

Lighter +10%#6933E3

Darker −10%#3E159B

Darker −20%#2C0F6E

Darker −30%#1A0941

Darker −40%#080314

More saturated +25%#4600E3

Less saturated −25%#5B37AC

Channel breakdown

R80

G27

B200

Red80 (31.4%)

Green27 (10.6%)

Blue200 (78.4%)

Hue258.38°

Saturation (HSL)76.21%

Lightness44.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 50 · G 1B · B C8

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Colour values

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