Recognised as Colour

#5505CB

#5505CB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#5505CB is a violet with RGB values 85, 5, 203 and HSL 264°, 95%, 41%. 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

#5505CB#5505CB

HEX#5505CB

RGBrgb(85, 5, 203)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.0196, 0.7961

RGB percentages33.3%, 2%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(264.2, 95.2%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(264.2, 97.5%, 79.6%)

CMYK58.1%, 97.5%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,572,043

CSS custom property--colour: #5505CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06352WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness82.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.25:1

Contrast with white9.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#242424

Inverted#AAFA34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004BD0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#0042C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original

Tritanopia#145177no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 90.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 11.5 Blue violet · ΔE 13.7 Dark violet · ΔE 16.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 25.1 Dark blue · ΔE 26.8 Blue · ΔE 28.8

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 11.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7BCB05

Analogous#0518CB, #B805CB

Triadic#CB5505, #05CB55

Split complementary#CBB805, #18CB05

Tetradic#CB0518, #7BCB05, #05CBB8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C59FFD

Lighter +30%#A76EFB

Lighter +20%#893CFA

Lighter +10%#6B0AF9

Darker −10%#400499

Darker −20%#2B0367

Darker −30%#160136

Darker −40%#020004

More saturated +25%#5400D0

Less saturated −25%#5A1FB1

Channel breakdown

R85

B203

Red85 (33.3%)

Green5 (2%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue264.24°

Saturation (HSL)95.19%

Lightness40.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 55 · G 05 · B CB

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Colour values

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