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Recognised as Colour

#511CC6

  • #511CC6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#511CC6 is a violet with RGB values 81, 28, 198 and HSL 259°, 75%, 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

#511CC6#511CC6
HEX#511CC6
RGBrgb(81, 28, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.3176, 0.1098, 0.7765
RGB percentages31.8%, 11%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(258.7, 75.2%, 44.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.7, 85.9%, 77.6%)
CMYK59.1%, 85.9%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,315,782
CSS custom property--colour: #511CC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06657WCAG 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 9.01:1
Contrast with white9.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#343434
Inverted#AEE339

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004DCAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original
Deuteranopia#0044C3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Tritanopia#055476no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.01:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.2Medium blue · ΔE 16.5Dark violet · ΔE 18.5Dark blue · ΔE 21.4Dark orchid · ΔE 21.5Navy · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.21, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#91C61C
Analogous#1C3CC6, #A61CC6
Triadic#C6511C, #1CC651
Split complementary#C6A61C, #3CC61C
Tetradic#C61C3C, #91C61C, #1CC6A6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CCB9F5
Lighter +30%#AB8CEF
Lighter +20%#8A60E8
Lighter +10%#6A33E2
Darker −10%#3F1699
Darker −20%#2C0F6D
Darker −30%#1A0940
Darker −40%#080313
More saturated +25%#4600E2
Less saturated −25%#5C38AA

Channel breakdown

R81
G28
B198
Red81 (31.8%)
Green28 (11%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue258.71°
Saturation (HSL)75.22%
Lightness44.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 51 · G 1C · B C6

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