Colour

#5701B5

#5701B5
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#5701B5 is a violet with RGB values 87, 1, 181 and HSL 269°, 99%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#5701B5

RGBrgb(87, 1, 181)

RGB (0–1)0.3412, 0.0039, 0.7098

RGB percentages34.1%, 0.4%, 71%

HSLhsl(268.7, 98.9%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(268.7, 99.4%, 71%)

CMYK51.9%, 99.4%, 0%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,702,069

CSS custom property--colour: #5701B5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05384WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness77.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.11:1

Contrast with white10.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#202020

Inverted#A8FE4A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0044B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#003EB2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original

Tritanopia#364669no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 15.7 Dark violet · ΔE 17.2 Dark blue · ΔE 19.2 Medium blue · ΔE 19.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 19.9 Navy · ΔE 23.5

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 15.71, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5FB501

Analogous#0105B5, #B101B5

Triadic#B55701, #01B557

Split complementary#B5B101, #05B501

Tetradic#B50105, #5FB501, #01B5B1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BE84FE

Lighter +30%#A451FE

Lighter +20%#891EFE

Lighter +10%#6F01E8

Darker −10%#3F0182

Darker −20%#260050

Darker −30%#0E001D

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5700B6

Less saturated −25%#58189E

Channel breakdown

R87

B181

Red87 (34.1%)

Green1 (0.4%)

Blue181 (71%)

Hue268.67°

Saturation (HSL)98.9%

Lightness35.69%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 57 · G 01 · B B5

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Colour values

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