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Recognised as Colour

#5400DB

  • #5400DB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#5400DB is a violet with RGB values 84, 0, 219 and HSL 263°, 100%, 43%. 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

#5400DB#5400DB
HEX#5400DB
RGBrgb(84, 0, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.3294, 0, 0.8588
RGB percentages32.9%, 0%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(263, 100%, 42.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263, 100%, 85.9%)
CMYK61.6%, 100%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,505,243
CSS custom property--colour: #5400DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06999WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness87 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.75:1
Contrast with white8.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#222222
Inverted#ABFF24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0050E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0044D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original
Tritanopia#005880no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 99.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.75:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 9.3Blue violet · ΔE 17.1Dark violet · ΔE 19.7Blue · ΔE 20.9Dark orchid · ΔE 31.2Dark blue · ΔE 34
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 9.32, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#87DB00
Analogous#0019DB, #C200DB
Triadic#DB5400, #00DB54
Split complementary#DBC100, #1ADB00
Tetradic#DB0019, #87DB00, #00DBC2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C9A8FF
Lighter +30%#AA75FF
Lighter +20%#8A42FF
Lighter +10%#6B0FFF
Darker −10%#4000A8
Darker −20%#2D0075
Darker −30%#190042
Darker −40%#06000F
More saturated +25%#5400DB
Less saturated −25%#5A1BC0

Channel breakdown

R84
G0
B219
Red84 (32.9%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue263.01°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness42.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 54 · G 00 · B DB

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