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Recognised as Colour

#5709FF

  • #5709FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#5709FF is a violet with RGB values 87, 9, 255 and HSL 259°, 100%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#5709FF#5709FF
HEX#5709FF
RGBrgb(87, 9, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.3412, 0.0353, 1
RGB percentages34.1%, 3.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(259, 100%, 51.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259, 96.5%, 100%)
CMYK65.9%, 96.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,704,191
CSS custom property--colour: #5709FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09442WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness98.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.27:1
Contrast with white7.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B
Inverted#A8F600

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005EFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#004EFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original
Tritanopia#006996no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 111.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.27:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 8.9Medium blue · ΔE 19.3Blue violet · ΔE 27.8Dark violet · ΔE 30.2Dark orchid · ΔE 43.2Dark blue · ΔE 48.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 8.9, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B1FF09
Analogous#0936FF, #D209FF
Triadic#FF5709, #09FF57
Split complementary#FFD209, #36FF09
Tetradic#FF0936, #B1FF09, #09FFD2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2D5FF
Lighter +30%#BFA2FF
Lighter +20%#9D6FFF
Lighter +10%#7A3CFF
Darker −10%#4400D5
Darker −20%#3300A2
Darker −30%#23006F
Darker −40%#13003C
More saturated +25%#5709FF
Less saturated −25%#6228E0

Channel breakdown

R87
G9
B255
Red87 (34.1%)
Green9 (3.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue259.02°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness51.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 57 · G 09 · B FF

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