Recognised as Colour

#501DBD

#501DBD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#501DBD is a violet with RGB values 80, 29, 189 and HSL 259°, 73%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#501DBD

RGBrgb(80, 29, 189)

RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.1137, 0.7412

RGB percentages31.4%, 11.4%, 74.1%

HSLhsl(259.1, 73.4%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(259.1, 84.7%, 74.1%)

CMYK57.7%, 84.7%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,250,493

CSS custom property--colour: #501DBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06258WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness80.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.33:1

Contrast with white9.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#333333

Inverted#AFE242

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004AC1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#0042BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.5 from the original

Tritanopia#175070no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 16.6 Dark blue · ΔE 18 Dark orchid · ΔE 20 Dark violet · ΔE 20.3 Medium blue · ΔE 20.5 Navy · ΔE 22.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 16.56, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8ABD1D

Analogous#1D3ABD, #A01DBD

Triadic#BD501D, #1DBD50

Split complementary#BDA01D, #3ABD1D

Tetradic#BD1D3A, #8ABD1D, #1DBDA0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C7B3F3

Lighter +30%#A786ED

Lighter +20%#875AE6

Lighter +10%#662EDF

Darker −10%#3D1691

Darker −20%#2B0F65

Darker −30%#180938

Darker −40%#05020C

More saturated +25%#4602D8

Less saturated −25%#5A38A2

Channel breakdown

R80

G29

B189

Red80 (31.4%)

Green29 (11.4%)

Blue189 (74.1%)

Hue259.13°

Saturation (HSL)73.39%

Lightness42.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 50 · G 1D · B BD

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