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Recognised as Colour

#5536DB

  • #5536DB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5536DB is a blue with RGB values 85, 54, 219 and HSL 251°, 70%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#5536DB#5536DB
HEX#5536DB
RGBrgb(85, 54, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.2118, 0.8588
RGB percentages33.3%, 21.2%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(251.3, 69.6%, 53.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(251.3, 75.3%, 85.9%)
CMYK61.2%, 75.3%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,584,603
CSS custom property--colour: #5536DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09684WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.15:1
Contrast with white7.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#494949
Inverted#AAC924

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005DE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Deuteranopia#0052D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Tritanopia#006687no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 87.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.15:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.7Medium blue · ΔE 20.4Dark violet · ΔE 21.6Dark orchid · ΔE 21.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.6Dark blue · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.66, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCDB36
Analogous#366ADB, #A736DB
Triadic#DB5536, #36DB55
Split complementary#DBA736, #6ADB36
Tetradic#DB366A, #BCDB36, #36DBA7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7E3FA
Lighter +30%#C3B8F2
Lighter +20%#9E8DEA
Lighter +10%#7A61E3
Darker −10%#3F22BC
Darker −20%#301A91
Darker −30%#221266
Darker −40%#140A3B
More saturated +25%#4318F9
Less saturated −25%#6754BD

Channel breakdown

R85
G54
B219
Red85 (33.3%)
Green54 (21.2%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue251.27°
Saturation (HSL)69.62%
Lightness53.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 55 · G 36 · B DB

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