Colour

#5715B5

#5715B5
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#5715B5 is a violet with RGB values 87, 21, 181 and HSL 265°, 79%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#5715B5

RGBrgb(87, 21, 181)

RGB (0–1)0.3412, 0.0824, 0.7098

RGB percentages34.1%, 8.2%, 71%

HSLhsl(264.8, 79.2%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(264.8, 88.4%, 71%)

CMYK51.9%, 88.4%, 0%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,707,189

CSS custom property--colour: #5715B5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05899WCAG 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 9.63:1

Contrast with white9.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#A8EA4A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0047B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#0041B2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original

Tritanopia#364A6Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 17 Dark blue · ΔE 17.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 18.2 Dark violet · ΔE 19.5 Indigo · ΔE 20.7 Navy · ΔE 21.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 17.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#73B515

Analogous#1523B5, #A715B5

Triadic#B55715, #15B557

Split complementary#B5A715, #23B515

Tetradic#B51523, #73B515, #15B5A7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C4A2F4

Lighter +30%#A774EF

Lighter +20%#8A46EA

Lighter +10%#6D1AE3

Darker −10%#411087

Darker −20%#2B0A5A

Darker −30%#15052C

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5300CA

Less saturated −25%#5B2E9C

Channel breakdown

R87

G21

B181

Red87 (34.1%)

Green21 (8.2%)

Blue181 (71%)

Hue264.75°

Saturation (HSL)79.21%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 57 · G 15 · B B5

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