Recognised as Colour

#5305CB

#5305CB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#5305CB is a violet with RGB values 83, 5, 203 and HSL 264°, 95%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#5305CB#5305CB

HEX#5305CB

RGBrgb(83, 5, 203)

RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.0196, 0.7961

RGB percentages32.5%, 2%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(263.6, 95.2%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(263.6, 97.5%, 79.6%)

CMYK59.1%, 97.5%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,440,971

CSS custom property--colour: #5305CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06259WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness82.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.33:1

Contrast with white9.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#242424

Inverted#ACFA34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004BD0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#0041C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original

Tritanopia#065177no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 91.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 11.1 Blue violet · ΔE 14.1 Dark violet · ΔE 17 Dark orchid · ΔE 25.6 Dark blue · ΔE 26.7 Blue · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 11.05, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#7DCB05

Analogous#051ACB, #B605CB

Triadic#CB5305, #05CB53

Split complementary#CBB605, #1ACB05

Tetradic#CB051A, #7DCB05, #05CBB6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#C49FFD

Lighter +30%#A56EFB

Lighter +20%#873CFA

Lighter +10%#680AF9

Darker −10%#3F0499

Darker −20%#2A0367

Darker −30%#160136

Darker −40%#020004

More saturated +25%#5200D0

Less saturated −25%#591FB1

Channel breakdown

R83

B203

Red83 (32.5%)

Green5 (2%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue263.64°

Saturation (HSL)95.19%

Lightness40.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 53 · G 05 · B CB

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