Colour

#501DBE

#501DBE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#501DBE is a violet with RGB values 80, 29, 190 and HSL 259°, 74%, 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#501DBE

RGBrgb(80, 29, 190)

RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.1137, 0.7451

RGB percentages31.4%, 11.4%, 74.5%

HSLhsl(259, 73.5%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(259, 84.7%, 74.5%)

CMYK57.9%, 84.7%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,250,494

CSS custom property--colour: #501DBE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06302WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness80.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.29:1

Contrast with white9.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#333333

Inverted#AFE241

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004BC2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#0042BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original

Tritanopia#155071no 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 text9.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 16.3 Dark blue · ΔE 18.4 Medium blue · ΔE 20.1 Dark violet · ΔE 20.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 20.1 Navy · ΔE 22.6

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 16.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8BBE1D

Analogous#1D3BBE, #A01DBE

Triadic#BE501D, #1DBE50

Split complementary#BEA11D, #3ABE1D

Tetradic#BE1D3B, #8BBE1D, #1DBEA0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C8B4F3

Lighter +30%#A787ED

Lighter +20%#875BE6

Lighter +10%#672FDF

Darker −10%#3D1692

Darker −20%#2B0F66

Darker −30%#180939

Darker −40%#05020D

More saturated +25%#4602D9

Less saturated −25%#5A38A3

Channel breakdown

R80

G29

B190

Red80 (31.4%)

Green29 (11.4%)

Blue190 (74.5%)

Hue259.01°

Saturation (HSL)73.52%

Lightness42.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 50 · G 1D · B BE

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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