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Recognised as Colour

#550AF3

  • #550AF3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#550AF3 is a violet with RGB values 85, 10, 243 and HSL 259°, 92%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#550AF3#550AF3
HEX#550AF3
RGBrgb(85, 10, 243)
RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.0392, 0.9529
RGB percentages33.3%, 3.9%, 95.3%
HSLhsl(259.3, 92.1%, 49.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.3, 95.9%, 95.3%)
CMYK65%, 95.9%, 0%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,573,363
CSS custom property--colour: #550AF3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08619WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.71:1
Contrast with white7.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B
Inverted#AAF50C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005AF8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#004BF0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original
Tritanopia#00648Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 107.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.71:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 12.4Medium blue · ΔE 14.7Blue violet · ΔE 23.4Dark violet · ΔE 26.1Dark orchid · ΔE 38.7Dark blue · ΔE 43.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 12.39, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A8F30A
Analogous#0A34F3, #CA0AF3
Triadic#F3550A, #0AF355
Split complementary#F3C90A, #34F30A
Tetradic#F30A33, #A8F30A, #0AF3C9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DCCCFD
Lighter +30%#BA9BFB
Lighter +20%#986AF9
Lighter +10%#7639F7
Darker −10%#4408C2
Darker −20%#330691
Darker −30%#220460
Darker −40%#10022F
More saturated +25%#5100FD
Less saturated −25%#602AD3

Channel breakdown

R85
G10
B243
Red85 (33.3%)
Green10 (3.9%)
Blue243 (95.3%)
Hue259.31°
Saturation (HSL)92.09%
Lightness49.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 55 · G 0A · B F3

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