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Recognised as Colour

#5605DB

  • #5605DB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#5605DB is a violet with RGB values 86, 5, 219 and HSL 263°, 96%, 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

#5605DB#5605DB
HEX#5605DB
RGBrgb(86, 5, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.0196, 0.8588
RGB percentages33.7%, 2%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(262.7, 95.5%, 43.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.7, 97.7%, 85.9%)
CMYK60.7%, 97.7%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,637,595
CSS custom property--colour: #5605DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07201WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness87.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.61:1
Contrast with white8.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#262626
Inverted#A9FA24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0051E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0046D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Tritanopia#005880no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 98.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.61:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 9.6Blue violet · ΔE 16.2Dark violet · ΔE 19Blue · ΔE 21.8Dark orchid · ΔE 30.2Dark blue · ΔE 33.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 9.62, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8ADB05
Analogous#051FDB, #C105DB
Triadic#DB5605, #05DB56
Split complementary#DBC105, #1FDB05
Tetradic#DB051F, #8ADB05, #05DBC1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CCAFFD
Lighter +30%#AD7DFC
Lighter +20%#8E4BFB
Lighter +10%#6E19FA
Darker −10%#4204A9
Darker −20%#2F0377
Darker −30%#1B0245
Darker −40%#080014
More saturated +25%#5500E0
Less saturated −25%#5D21BF

Channel breakdown

R86
G5
B219
Red86 (33.7%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue262.71°
Saturation (HSL)95.54%
Lightness43.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G 05 · B DB

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