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Recognised as Colour

#5119C8

  • #5119C8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5119C8 is a violet with RGB values 81, 25, 200 and HSL 259°, 78%, 44%. 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

#5119C8#5119C8
HEX#5119C8
RGBrgb(81, 25, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.3176, 0.098, 0.7843
RGB percentages31.8%, 9.8%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(259.2, 77.8%, 44.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.2, 87.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK59.5%, 87.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,315,016
CSS custom property--colour: #5119C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06615WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness83 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.04:1
Contrast with white9.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#323232
Inverted#AEE637

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004DCCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0044C5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Tritanopia#005476no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 13.8Medium blue · ΔE 14.9Dark violet · ΔE 18Dark orchid · ΔE 22.4Dark blue · ΔE 22.7Navy · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 13.79, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#90C819
Analogous#1938C8, #A919C8
Triadic#C85119, #19C851
Split complementary#C8A919, #38C819
Tetradic#C81938, #90C819, #19C8A9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CBB7F6
Lighter +30%#AB8AF0
Lighter +20%#8A5CEB
Lighter +10%#692FE5
Darker −10%#3F139B
Darker −20%#2C0E6D
Darker −30%#1A0840
Darker −40%#080213
More saturated +25%#4800E1
Less saturated −25%#5B35AC

Channel breakdown

R81
G25
B200
Red81 (31.8%)
Green25 (9.8%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue259.2°
Saturation (HSL)77.78%
Lightness44.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 51 · G 19 · B C8

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