Recognised as Colour

#540DAD

#540DAD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#540DAD is a violet with RGB values 84, 13, 173 and HSL 267°, 86%, 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

#540DAD#540DAD

HEX#540DAD

RGBrgb(84, 13, 173)

RGB (0–1)0.3294, 0.051, 0.6784

RGB percentages32.9%, 5.1%, 67.8%

HSLhsl(266.6, 86%, 36.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(266.6, 92.5%, 67.8%)

CMYK51.4%, 92.5%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,508,525

CSS custom property--colour: #540DAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0519WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness75 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.3:1

Contrast with white10.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#282828

Inverted#ABF252

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0042B1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#003DAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original

Tritanopia#364465no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 15.6 Indigo · ΔE 18.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 19 Blue violet · ΔE 19.1 Navy · ΔE 19.2 Dark violet · ΔE 20.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 15.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#66AD0D

Analogous#0D16AD, #A40DAD

Triadic#AD540D, #0DAD54

Split complementary#ADA40D, #16AD0D

Tetradic#AD0D16, #66AD0D, #0DADA4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BD8FF7

Lighter +30%#A160F3

Lighter +20%#8531EF

Lighter +10%#6B11DC

Darker −10%#3D097E

Darker −20%#26064E

Darker −30%#0F021F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5300BA

Less saturated −25%#572496

Channel breakdown

R84

G13

B173

Red84 (32.9%)

Green13 (5.1%)

Blue173 (67.8%)

Hue266.63°

Saturation (HSL)86.02%

Lightness36.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 54 · G 0D · B AD

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Colour values

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