Colour

#5700BB

#5700BB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#5700BB is a violet with RGB values 87, 0, 187 and HSL 268°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#5700BB#5700BB

HEX#5700BB

RGBrgb(87, 0, 187)

RGB (0–1)0.3412, 0, 0.7333

RGB percentages34.1%, 0%, 73.3%

HSLhsl(267.9, 100%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(267.9, 100%, 73.3%)

CMYK53.5%, 100%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,701,819

CSS custom property--colour: #5700BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05614WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness79.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.89:1

Contrast with white9.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#202020

Inverted#A8FF44

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0045BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#003FB8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original

Tritanopia#31496Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.4 Dark violet · ΔE 16.2 Medium blue · ΔE 16.9 Dark orchid · ΔE 21.1 Dark blue · ΔE 21.3 Navy · ΔE 25.9

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#64BB00

Analogous#0007BB, #B400BB

Triadic#BB5700, #00BB57

Split complementary#BBB400, #07BB00

Tetradic#BB0007, #64BB00, #00BBB4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BF88FF

Lighter +30%#A455FF

Lighter +20%#8922FF

Lighter +10%#6F00EE

Darker −10%#3F0088

Darker −20%#280055

Darker −30%#100022

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5700BB

Less saturated −25%#5917A4

Channel breakdown

R87

B187

Red87 (34.1%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue187 (73.3%)

Hue267.91°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness36.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 57 · G 00 · B BB

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