Colour

#530ED5

#530ED5
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#530ED5 is a violet with RGB values 83, 14, 213 and HSL 261°, 88%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#530ED5#530ED5

HEX#530ED5

RGBrgb(83, 14, 213)

RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.0549, 0.8353

RGB percentages32.5%, 5.5%, 83.5%

HSLhsl(260.8, 87.7%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(260.8, 93.4%, 83.5%)

CMYK61%, 93.4%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,443,285

CSS custom property--colour: #530ED5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06957WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness85.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.78:1

Contrast with white8.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B

Inverted#ACF12A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0050DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#0045D2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00577Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 95.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 9.7 Blue violet · ΔE 14.5 Dark violet · ΔE 18 Blue · ΔE 25.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 27.6 Dark blue · ΔE 29.8

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 9.65, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#90D50E

Analogous#0E2DD5, #B70ED5

Triadic#D5530E, #0ED553

Split complementary#D5B60E, #2DD50E

Tetradic#D50E2D, #90D50E, #0ED5B6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CDB5FA

Lighter +30%#AD85F7

Lighter +20%#8C55F4

Lighter +10%#6C25F1

Darker −10%#400BA5

Darker −20%#2E0875

Darker −30%#1B0545

Darker −40%#080116

More saturated +25%#4F00E3

Less saturated −25%#5C2AB9

Channel breakdown

R83

G14

B213

Red83 (32.5%)

Green14 (5.5%)

Blue213 (83.5%)

Hue260.8°

Saturation (HSL)87.67%

Lightness44.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 53 · G 0E · B D5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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