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Recognised as Colour

#5723BF

  • #5723BF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5723BF is a violet with RGB values 87, 35, 191 and HSL 260°, 69%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#5723BF#5723BF
HEX#5723BF
RGBrgb(87, 35, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.3412, 0.1373, 0.749
RGB percentages34.1%, 13.7%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(260, 69%, 44.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 81.7%, 74.9%)
CMYK54.5%, 81.7%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,710,783
CSS custom property--colour: #5723BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0699WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness84.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.76:1
Contrast with white8.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#393939
Inverted#A8DC40

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004EC3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0047BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Tritanopia#2C5273no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.76:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 16.3Dark orchid · ΔE 18.1Dark blue · ΔE 18.8Dark violet · ΔE 20.3Indigo · ΔE 22.5Navy · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 16.28, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8BBF23
Analogous#233DBF, #A523BF
Triadic#BF5723, #23BF57
Split complementary#BFA523, #3DBF23
Tetradic#BF233D, #8BBF23, #23BFA5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CEBBF3
Lighter +30%#AE90EB
Lighter +20%#8F65E3
Lighter +10%#703ADB
Darker −10%#431B94
Darker −20%#301369
Darker −30%#1C0B3E
Darker −40%#080313
More saturated +25%#4E07DB
Less saturated −25%#603FA3

Channel breakdown

R87
G35
B191
Red87 (34.1%)
Green35 (13.7%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)69.03%
Lightness44.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 57 · G 23 · B BF

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