Recognised as Colour

#5845FF

#5845FF
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#5845FF is a blue with RGB values 88, 69, 255 and HSL 246°, 100%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#5845FF#5845FF

HEX#5845FF

RGBrgb(88, 69, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.3451, 0.2706, 1

RGB percentages34.5%, 27.1%, 100%

HSLhsl(246.1, 100%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(246.1, 72.9%, 100%)

CMYK65.5%, 72.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,785,087

CSS custom property--colour: #5845FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13551WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.66:1

Contrast with white5.66:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#565656

Inverted#A7BA00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#006EFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#005FFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original

Tritanopia#007A9Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 96.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.71:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 17.3 Medium blue · ΔE 20.1 Dark violet · ΔE 25 Blue · ΔE 29.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 29.4 Medium slateblue · ΔE 31.5

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 17.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ECFF45

Analogous#458FFF, #B545FF

Triadic#FF5845, #45FF58

Split complementary#FFB545, #8FFF45

Tetradic#FF458F, #ECFF45, #45FFB5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E1DEFF

Lighter +20%#B4ABFF

Lighter +10%#8678FF

Darker −10%#2A12FF

Darker −20%#1700DE

Darker −30%#1100AB

Darker −40%#0C0078

More saturated +25%#5845FF

Less saturated −25%#6B5CE8

Channel breakdown

R88

G69

B255

Red88 (34.5%)

Green69 (27.1%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue246.13°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness63.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 58 · G 45 · B FF

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