Colour

#550EFF

#550EFF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue

#550EFF is a violet with RGB values 85, 14, 255 and HSL 258°, 100%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#550EFF#550EFF

HEX#550EFF

RGBrgb(85, 14, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.0549, 1

RGB percentages33.3%, 5.5%, 100%

HSLhsl(257.7, 100%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(257.7, 94.5%, 100%)

CMYK66.7%, 94.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,574,399

CSS custom property--colour: #550EFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09465WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness98.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.26:1

Contrast with white7.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#AAF100

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005EFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#004EFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original

Tritanopia#006A97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 111.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 9 Medium blue · ΔE 18.8 Blue violet · ΔE 27.5 Dark violet · ΔE 30 Dark orchid · ΔE 42.8 Dark blue · ΔE 47.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 8.97, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B8FF0E

Analogous#0E3FFF, #CE0EFF

Triadic#FF550E, #0EFF55

Split complementary#FFCE0E, #3FFF0E

Tetradic#FF0E3F, #B8FF0E, #0EFFCE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E5DAFF

Lighter +30%#C1A7FF

Lighter +20%#9D74FF

Lighter +10%#7941FF

Darker −10%#4000DA

Darker −20%#3100A7

Darker −30%#220074

Darker −40%#130041

More saturated +25%#550EFF

Less saturated −25%#612CE1

Channel breakdown

R85

G14

B255

Red85 (33.3%)

Green14 (5.5%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue257.68°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness52.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 55 · G 0E · B FF

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Colour values

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