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Recognised as Colour

#511DC2

  • #511DC2
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#511DC2 is a violet with RGB values 81, 29, 194 and HSL 259°, 74%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#511DC2#511DC2
HEX#511DC2
RGBrgb(81, 29, 194)
RGB (0–1)0.3176, 0.1137, 0.7608
RGB percentages31.8%, 11.4%, 76.1%
HSLhsl(258.9, 74%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.9, 85.1%, 76.1%)
CMYK58.2%, 85.1%, 0%, 23.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,316,034
CSS custom property--colour: #511DC2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06523WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness82.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.11:1
Contrast with white9.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#343434
Inverted#AEE23D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004CC6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0043BFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Tritanopia#125273no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.11:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 15.1Medium blue · ΔE 18.5Dark violet · ΔE 19.2Dark blue · ΔE 19.8Dark orchid · ΔE 20.5Navy · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 15.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8EC21D
Analogous#1D3BC2, #A41DC2
Triadic#C2511D, #1DC251
Split complementary#C2A41D, #3BC21D
Tetradic#C21D3B, #8EC21D, #1DC2A4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CAB7F4
Lighter +30%#AA8AEE
Lighter +20%#895EE7
Lighter +10%#6932E0
Darker −10%#3E1696
Darker −20%#2C1069
Darker −30%#19093D
Darker −40%#070211
More saturated +25%#4701DE
Less saturated −25%#5B39A6

Channel breakdown

R81
G29
B194
Red81 (31.8%)
Green29 (11.4%)
Blue194 (76.1%)
Hue258.91°
Saturation (HSL)73.99%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 51 · G 1D · B C2

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