Recognised as Colour

#540FD8

#540FD8
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#540FD8 is a violet with RGB values 84, 15, 216 and HSL 261°, 87%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

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HEX#540FD8

RGBrgb(84, 15, 216)

RGB (0–1)0.3294, 0.0588, 0.8471

RGB percentages32.9%, 5.9%, 84.7%

HSLhsl(260.6, 87%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(260.6, 93.1%, 84.7%)

CMYK61.1%, 93.1%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,509,080

CSS custom property--colour: #540FD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07184WCAG 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 8.62:1

Contrast with white8.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C

Inverted#ABF027

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0051DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#0046D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00597Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 96.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 9.6 Blue violet · ΔE 14.8 Dark violet · ΔE 18.3 Blue · ΔE 24.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 28.2 Dark blue · ΔE 30.9

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 9.58, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#93D80F

Analogous#0F2FD8, #B80FD8

Triadic#D8540F, #0FD854

Split complementary#D8B80F, #2FD80F

Tetradic#D80F2F, #93D80F, #0FD8B8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CFB9FA

Lighter +30%#AF89F7

Lighter +20%#8E59F4

Lighter +10%#6E2AF0

Darker −10%#410CA8

Darker −20%#2F0879

Darker −30%#1C0549

Darker −40%#0A0219

More saturated +25%#4F00E7

Less saturated −25%#5D2CBB

Channel breakdown

R84

G15

B216

Red84 (32.9%)

Green15 (5.9%)

Blue216 (84.7%)

Hue260.6°

Saturation (HSL)87.01%

Lightness45.29%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 54 · G 0F · B D8

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