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Recognised as Colour

#5707C7

  • #5707C7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5707C7 is a violet with RGB values 87, 7, 199 and HSL 265°, 93%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#5707C7#5707C7
HEX#5707C7
RGBrgb(87, 7, 199)
RGB (0–1)0.3412, 0.0275, 0.7804
RGB percentages34.1%, 2.7%, 78%
HSLhsl(265, 93.2%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265, 96.5%, 78%)
CMYK56.3%, 96.5%, 0%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,703,623
CSS custom property--colour: #5707C7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06302WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness82.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.29:1
Contrast with white9.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#262626
Inverted#A8F838

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004ACBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0042C4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Tritanopia#244F74no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 87.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.29:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 13.1Medium blue · ΔE 13.4Dark violet · ΔE 15.9Dark orchid · ΔE 23.3Dark blue · ΔE 25Navy · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 13.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#77C707
Analogous#0717C7, #B707C7
Triadic#C75707, #07C757
Split complementary#C7B707, #17C707
Tetradic#C70717, #77C707, #07C7B7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C59EFC
Lighter +30%#A86DFA
Lighter +20%#8A3CF8
Lighter +10%#6D0BF6
Darker −10%#410596
Darker −20%#2C0464
Darker −30%#160233
Darker −40%#010002
More saturated +25%#5600CE
Less saturated −25%#5B21AD

Channel breakdown

R87
G7
B199
Red87 (34.1%)
Green7 (2.7%)
Blue199 (78%)
Hue265°
Saturation (HSL)93.2%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 57 · G 07 · B C7

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