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Colour

#5816CA

  • #5816CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5816CA is a violet with RGB values 88, 22, 202 and HSL 262°, 80%, 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

#5816CA#5816CA
HEX#5816CA
RGBrgb(88, 22, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.3451, 0.0863, 0.7922
RGB percentages34.5%, 8.6%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(262, 80.4%, 43.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262, 89.1%, 79.2%)
CMYK56.4%, 89.1%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,773,002
CSS custom property--colour: #5816CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06913WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness85.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.81:1
Contrast with white8.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#313131
Inverted#A7E935

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004ECEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0046C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Tritanopia#225377no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.81:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12.3Medium blue · ΔE 14.7Dark violet · ΔE 16.2Dark orchid · ΔE 21.9Dark blue · ΔE 24.3Navy · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#88CA16
Analogous#162ECA, #B216CA
Triadic#CA5816, #16CA58
Split complementary#CAB216, #2ECA16
Tetradic#CA162E, #88CA16, #16CAB2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CDB5F7
Lighter +30%#AE87F2
Lighter +20%#8F59ED
Lighter +10%#702BE8
Darker −10%#44119C
Darker −20%#300C6E
Darker −30%#1C0740
Darker −40%#080212
More saturated +25%#5200E0
Less saturated −25%#5F32AE

Channel breakdown

R88
G22
B202
Red88 (34.5%)
Green22 (8.6%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue262°
Saturation (HSL)80.36%
Lightness43.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 58 · G 16 · B CA

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