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Recognised as Colour

#5708BB

  • #5708BB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5708BB is a violet with RGB values 87, 8, 187 and HSL 266°, 92%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#5708BB#5708BB
HEX#5708BB
RGBrgb(87, 8, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.3412, 0.0314, 0.7333
RGB percentages34.1%, 3.1%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(266.5, 91.8%, 38.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.5, 95.7%, 73.3%)
CMYK53.5%, 95.7%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,703,867
CSS custom property--colour: #5708BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05788WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness79.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.73:1
Contrast with white9.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#262626
Inverted#A8F744

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0047BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0040B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Tritanopia#314A6Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.73:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.5Dark violet · ΔE 16.7Medium blue · ΔE 17.9Dark orchid · ΔE 20.3Dark blue · ΔE 20.4Navy · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6CBB08
Analogous#0813BB, #B008BB
Triadic#BB5708, #08BB57
Split complementary#BBB108, #12BB08
Tetradic#BB0813, #6CBB08, #08BBB0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C295FA
Lighter +30%#A564F8
Lighter +20%#8933F6
Lighter +10%#6E0AEC
Darker −10%#40068A
Darker −20%#290459
Darker −30%#130228
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5600C3
Less saturated −25%#5A20A3

Channel breakdown

R87
G8
B187
Red87 (34.1%)
Green8 (3.1%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue266.48°
Saturation (HSL)91.79%
Lightness38.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 57 · G 08 · B BB

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