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Recognised as Colour

#5110BE

  • #5110BE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5110BE is a violet with RGB values 81, 16, 190 and HSL 262°, 84%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#5110BE#5110BE
HEX#5110BE
RGBrgb(81, 16, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.3176, 0.0627, 0.7451
RGB percentages31.8%, 6.3%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(262.4, 84.5%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.4, 91.6%, 74.5%)
CMYK57.4%, 91.6%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,312,702
CSS custom property--colour: #5110BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05838WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness78.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.69:1
Contrast with white9.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A
Inverted#AEEF41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0048C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0040BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Tritanopia#1B4D6Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.69:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 15Medium blue · ΔE 16.7Dark violet · ΔE 18Dark blue · ΔE 20.2Dark orchid · ΔE 21.5Navy · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.99, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7DBE10
Analogous#1026BE, #A810BE
Triadic#BE5110, #10BE51
Split complementary#BEA810, #26BE10
Tetradic#BE1026, #7DBE10, #10BEA8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C2A3F7
Lighter +30%#A374F3
Lighter +20%#8445EF
Lighter +10%#6516EB
Darker −10%#3D0C8F
Darker −20%#290860
Darker −30%#150431
Darker −40%#010002
More saturated +25%#4D00CE
Less saturated −25%#582AA4

Channel breakdown

R81
G16
B190
Red81 (31.8%)
Green16 (6.3%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue262.41°
Saturation (HSL)84.47%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 51 · G 10 · B BE

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