Colour

#540BAF

#540BAF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#540BAF is a violet with RGB values 84, 11, 175 and HSL 267°, 88%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#540BAF#540BAF

HEX#540BAF

RGBrgb(84, 11, 175)

RGB (0–1)0.3294, 0.0431, 0.6863

RGB percentages32.9%, 4.3%, 68.6%

HSLhsl(266.7, 88.2%, 36.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(266.7, 93.7%, 68.6%)

CMYK52%, 93.7%, 0%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,508,015

CSS custom property--colour: #540BAF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05219WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness75.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.27:1

Contrast with white10.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#262626

Inverted#ABF450

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0043B3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#003DACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.6 from the original

Tritanopia#344566no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 16.2 Blue violet · ΔE 18.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 19.2 Indigo · ΔE 19.8 Dark violet · ΔE 20 Navy · ΔE 20

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 16.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#66AF0B

Analogous#0B14AF, #A60BAF

Triadic#AF540B, #0BAF54

Split complementary#AFA60B, #14AF0B

Tetradic#AF0B14, #66AF0B, #0BAFA6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BD8EF8

Lighter +30%#A15EF5

Lighter +20%#852EF2

Lighter +10%#6B0EDF

Darker −10%#3D087F

Darker −20%#26054F

Darker −30%#0F021F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5300BA

Less saturated −25%#572298

Channel breakdown

R84

G11

B175

Red84 (32.9%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue175 (68.6%)

Hue266.71°

Saturation (HSL)88.17%

Lightness36.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 54 · G 0B · B AF

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