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Recognised as Colour

#5502FE

  • #5502FE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#5502FE is a violet with RGB values 85, 2, 254 and HSL 260°, 99%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#5502FE#5502FE
HEX#5502FE
RGBrgb(85, 2, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.0078, 0.9961
RGB percentages33.3%, 0.8%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(259.8, 99.2%, 50.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.8, 99.2%, 99.6%)
CMYK66.5%, 99.2%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,571,326
CSS custom property--colour: #5502FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0913WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.43:1
Contrast with white7.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#262626
Inverted#AAFD01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005DFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#004CFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Tritanopia#006895no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 112.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.43:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 8.3Medium blue · ΔE 19.5Blue violet · ΔE 28.5Dark violet · ΔE 30.7Dark orchid · ΔE 43.8Dark blue · ΔE 48.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 8.3, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ABFE02
Analogous#022DFE, #D302FE
Triadic#FE5502, #02FE55
Split complementary#FED302, #2DFE02
Tetradic#FE022D, #ABFE02, #02FED3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DECDFF
Lighter +30%#BB9AFF
Lighter +20%#9968FE
Lighter +10%#7735FE
Darker −10%#4401CC
Darker −20%#330199
Darker −30%#220067
Darker −40%#110034
More saturated +25%#5501FF
Less saturated −25%#6022DE

Channel breakdown

R85
G2
B254
Red85 (33.3%)
Green2 (0.8%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue259.76°
Saturation (HSL)99.21%
Lightness50.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 55 · G 02 · B FE

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