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Recognised as Colour

#5309B2

  • #5309B2
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark blue

#5309B2 is a violet with RGB values 83, 9, 178 and HSL 266°, 90%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#5309B2#5309B2
HEX#5309B2
RGBrgb(83, 9, 178)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.0353, 0.698
RGB percentages32.5%, 3.5%, 69.8%
HSLhsl(266.3, 90.4%, 36.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.3, 94.9%, 69.8%)
CMYK53.4%, 94.9%, 0%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,441,970
CSS custom property--colour: #5309B2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05249WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness75.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.25:1
Contrast with white10.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#252525
Inverted#ACF64D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0043B6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#003DAFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Tritanopia#2F4668no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.25:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 17Blue violet · ΔE 17.3Dark violet · ΔE 19.2Dark orchid · ΔE 19.8Medium blue · ΔE 21.1Navy · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 17.04, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#68B209
Analogous#0914B2, #A809B2
Triadic#B25309, #09B253
Split complementary#B2A709, #14B209
Tetradic#B20913, #68B209, #09B2A7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BD8EF9
Lighter +30%#A05DF7
Lighter +20%#842DF4
Lighter +10%#6A0BE3
Darker −10%#3C0781
Darker −20%#260451
Darker −30%#0F0220
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5200BB
Less saturated −25%#56209B

Channel breakdown

R83
G9
B178
Red83 (32.5%)
Green9 (3.5%)
Blue178 (69.8%)
Hue266.27°
Saturation (HSL)90.37%
Lightness36.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 53 · G 09 · B B2

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