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Recognised as Colour

#5507DA

  • #5507DA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#5507DA is a violet with RGB values 85, 7, 218 and HSL 262°, 94%, 44%. 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

#5507DA#5507DA
HEX#5507DA
RGBrgb(85, 7, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.0275, 0.8549
RGB percentages33.3%, 2.7%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(262.2, 93.8%, 44.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.2, 96.8%, 85.5%)
CMYK61%, 96.8%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,572,570
CSS custom property--colour: #5507DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07145WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness87.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.65:1
Contrast with white8.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#272727
Inverted#AAF825

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0051DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0045D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Tritanopia#005880no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 97.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.65:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 9.4Blue violet · ΔE 15.9Dark violet · ΔE 18.9Blue · ΔE 22.3Dark orchid · ΔE 29.8Dark blue · ΔE 32.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 9.42, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8CDA07
Analogous#0723DA, #BE07DA
Triadic#DA5507, #07DA55
Split complementary#DABE07, #23DA07
Tetradic#DA0723, #8CDA07, #07DABE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CDB1FC
Lighter +30%#AD7FFB
Lighter +20%#8D4EF9
Lighter +10%#6D1CF8
Darker −10%#4205A9
Darker −20%#2E0477
Darker −30%#1B0246
Darker −40%#080114
More saturated +25%#5300E1
Less saturated −25%#5C23BE

Channel breakdown

R85
G7
B218
Red85 (33.3%)
Green7 (2.7%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue262.18°
Saturation (HSL)93.78%
Lightness44.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 55 · G 07 · B DA

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