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Recognised as Colour

#5611CA

  • #5611CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5611CA is a violet with RGB values 86, 17, 202 and HSL 262°, 84%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#5611CA#5611CA
HEX#5611CA
RGBrgb(86, 17, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.0667, 0.7922
RGB percentages33.7%, 6.7%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(262.4, 84.5%, 42.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.4, 91.6%, 79.2%)
CMYK57.4%, 91.6%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,640,650
CSS custom property--colour: #5611CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06644WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness83.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.02:1
Contrast with white9.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D
Inverted#A9EE35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004DCFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0044C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Tritanopia#1B5277no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.02:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12.8Medium blue · ΔE 13.4Dark violet · ΔE 16.4Dark orchid · ΔE 23.1Dark blue · ΔE 24.9Navy · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.84, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#85CA11
Analogous#1129CA, #B211CA
Triadic#CA5611, #11CA56
Split complementary#CAB311, #28CA11
Tetradic#CA1129, #85CA11, #11CAB2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CAAFF8
Lighter +30%#AB80F4
Lighter +20%#8C51F0
Lighter +10%#6D22EC
Darker −10%#420D9B
Darker −20%#2E096C
Darker −30%#1A053D
Darker −40%#06010E
More saturated +25%#5200DB
Less saturated −25%#5D2CAF

Channel breakdown

R86
G17
B202
Red86 (33.7%)
Green17 (6.7%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue262.38°
Saturation (HSL)84.47%
Lightness42.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G 11 · B CA

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