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Recognised as Colour

#540FDE

  • #540FDE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#540FDE is a violet with RGB values 84, 15, 222 and HSL 260°, 87%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#540FDE#540FDE
HEX#540FDE
RGBrgb(84, 15, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.3294, 0.0588, 0.8706
RGB percentages32.9%, 5.9%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(260, 87.3%, 46.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 93.2%, 87.1%)
CMYK62.2%, 93.2%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,509,086
CSS custom property--colour: #540FDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.075WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness88.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.4:1
Contrast with white8.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D
Inverted#ABF021

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0053E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0047DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Tritanopia#005B83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 98.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.4:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 9.5Blue violet · ΔE 16.2Dark violet · ΔE 19.6Blue · ΔE 21.5Dark orchid · ΔE 30.3Dark blue · ΔE 33.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 9.46, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99DE0F
Analogous#0F31DE, #BB0FDE
Triadic#DE540F, #0FDE54
Split complementary#DEBB0F, #32DE0F
Tetradic#DE0F32, #99DE0F, #0FDEBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D2BEFB
Lighter +30%#B28FF7
Lighter +20%#915FF4
Lighter +10%#702FF1
Darker −10%#420CAE
Darker −20%#30097E
Darker −30%#1E054F
Darker −40%#0C021F
More saturated +25%#4F00ED
Less saturated −25%#5E2DC0

Channel breakdown

R84
G15
B222
Red84 (32.9%)
Green15 (5.9%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)87.34%
Lightness46.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 54 · G 0F · B DE

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