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Recognised as Colour

#5507FA

  • #5507FA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#5507FA is a violet with RGB values 85, 7, 250 and HSL 259°, 96%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#5507FA#5507FA
HEX#5507FA
RGBrgb(85, 7, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.0275, 0.9804
RGB percentages33.3%, 2.7%, 98%
HSLhsl(259.3, 96%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.3, 97.2%, 98%)
CMYK66%, 97.2%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,572,602
CSS custom property--colour: #5507FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08985WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.51:1
Contrast with white7.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#292929
Inverted#AAF805

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005CFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#004CF6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.7 from the original
Tritanopia#006793no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 110.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.51:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 9.7Medium blue · ΔE 17.5Blue violet · ΔE 26.4Dark violet · ΔE 28.8Dark orchid · ΔE 41.7Dark blue · ΔE 46.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 9.74, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ACFA07
Analogous#0733FA, #CE07FA
Triadic#FA5507, #07FA55
Split complementary#FACE07, #33FA07
Tetradic#FA0733, #ACFA07, #07FACE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DECFFE
Lighter +30%#BC9DFD
Lighter +20%#9A6BFC
Lighter +10%#7739FB
Darker −10%#4404CA
Darker −20%#330398
Darker −30%#220266
Darker −40%#110134
More saturated +25%#5302FF
Less saturated −25%#6027DA

Channel breakdown

R85
G7
B250
Red85 (33.3%)
Green7 (2.7%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue259.26°
Saturation (HSL)96.05%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 55 · G 07 · B FA

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