Recognised as Colour

#540DCA

#540DCA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#540DCA is a violet with RGB values 84, 13, 202 and HSL 263°, 88%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#540DCA#540DCA

HEX#540DCA

RGBrgb(84, 13, 202)

RGB (0–1)0.3294, 0.051, 0.7922

RGB percentages32.9%, 5.1%, 79.2%

HSLhsl(262.5, 87.9%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(262.5, 93.6%, 79.2%)

CMYK58.4%, 93.6%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,508,554

CSS custom property--colour: #540DCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06437WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness82.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.18:1

Contrast with white9.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A

Inverted#ABF235

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004CCFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#0043C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original

Tritanopia#115276no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 90.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 12.4 Blue violet · ΔE 13.4 Dark violet · ΔE 16.7 Dark orchid · ΔE 24.1 Dark blue · ΔE 25.4 Navy · ΔE 30.3

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 12.39, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#83CA0D

Analogous#0D25CA, #B30DCA

Triadic#CA540D, #0DCA54

Split complementary#CAB20D, #25CA0D

Tetradic#CA0D24, #83CA0D, #0DCAB2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C8AAF9

Lighter +30%#A87AF6

Lighter +20%#894AF3

Lighter +10%#6A1AF0

Darker −10%#400A9A

Darker −20%#2C076A

Darker −30%#18043A

Darker −40%#04010A

More saturated +25%#5100D7

Less saturated −25%#5B28AF

Channel breakdown

R84

G13

B202

Red84 (32.9%)

Green13 (5.1%)

Blue202 (79.2%)

Hue262.54°

Saturation (HSL)87.91%

Lightness42.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 54 · G 0D · B CA

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