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Recognised as Colour

#5500BC

  • #5500BC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5500BC is a violet with RGB values 85, 0, 188 and HSL 267°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#5500BC#5500BC
HEX#5500BC
RGBrgb(85, 0, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0, 0.7373
RGB percentages33.3%, 0%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(267.1, 100%, 36.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.1, 100%, 73.7%)
CMYK54.8%, 100%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,570,748
CSS custom property--colour: #5500BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05562WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness78.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.94:1
Contrast with white9.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#202020
Inverted#AAFF43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0045C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#003FB9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original
Tritanopia#2B496Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.94:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.6Medium blue · ΔE 16.1Dark violet · ΔE 16.5Dark blue · ΔE 21.5Dark orchid · ΔE 21.8Navy · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#67BC00
Analogous#0009BC, #B300BC
Triadic#BC5500, #00BC55
Split complementary#BCB300, #09BC00
Tetradic#BC0009, #67BC00, #00BCB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BE89FF
Lighter +30%#A256FF
Lighter +20%#8623FF
Lighter +10%#6C00EF
Darker −10%#3E0089
Darker −20%#270056
Darker −30%#100023
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5500BC
Less saturated −25%#5718A5

Channel breakdown

R85
G0
B188
Red85 (33.3%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue267.13°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness36.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 55 · G 00 · B BC

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