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Recognised as Colour

#5112BB

  • #5112BB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5112BB is a violet with RGB values 81, 18, 187 and HSL 262°, 82%, 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

#5112BB#5112BB
HEX#5112BB
RGBrgb(81, 18, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.3176, 0.0706, 0.7333
RGB percentages31.8%, 7.1%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(262.4, 82.4%, 40.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.4, 90.4%, 73.3%)
CMYK56.7%, 90.4%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,313,211
CSS custom property--colour: #5112BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0577WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness78.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.75:1
Contrast with white9.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C
Inverted#AEED44

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0047BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0040B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original
Tritanopia#1F4C6Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.75:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 15.7Medium blue · ΔE 18.4Dark violet · ΔE 18.7Dark blue · ΔE 18.8Dark orchid · ΔE 20.7Navy · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 15.72, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7CBB12
Analogous#1228BB, #A612BB
Triadic#BB5112, #12BB51
Split complementary#BBA512, #28BB12
Tetradic#BB1228, #7CBB12, #12BBA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C2A3F6
Lighter +30%#A374F2
Lighter +20%#8446ED
Lighter +10%#6517E9
Darker −10%#3D0E8C
Darker −20%#29095E
Darker −30%#15052F
Darker −40%#000001
More saturated +25%#4C00CD
Less saturated −25%#582CA1

Channel breakdown

R81
G18
B187
Red81 (31.8%)
Green18 (7.1%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue262.37°
Saturation (HSL)82.44%
Lightness40.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 51 · G 12 · B BB

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