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Recognised as Colour

#5909FA

  • #5909FA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#5909FA is a violet with RGB values 89, 9, 250 and HSL 260°, 96%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#5909FA#5909FA
HEX#5909FA
RGBrgb(89, 9, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.0353, 0.9804
RGB percentages34.9%, 3.5%, 98%
HSLhsl(259.9, 96%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.9, 96.4%, 98%)
CMYK64.4%, 96.4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,835,258
CSS custom property--colour: #5909FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09221WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.38:1
Contrast with white7.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B
Inverted#A6F605

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005DFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#004DF6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original
Tritanopia#006793no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 109.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.38:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 10.6Medium blue · ΔE 17.5Blue violet · ΔE 25.6Dark violet · ΔE 28Dark orchid · ΔE 40.9Dark blue · ΔE 46.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 10.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AAFA09
Analogous#0932FA, #D109FA
Triadic#FA5909, #09FA59
Split complementary#FAD109, #32FA09
Tetradic#FA0932, #AAFA09, #09FAD1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0D1FE
Lighter +30%#BE9FFD
Lighter +20%#9C6DFC
Lighter +10%#7B3BFB
Darker −10%#4604CC
Darker −20%#35039A
Darker −30%#240268
Darker −40%#130136
More saturated +25%#5704FF
Less saturated −25%#6428DB

Channel breakdown

R89
G9
B250
Red89 (34.9%)
Green9 (3.5%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue259.92°
Saturation (HSL)96.02%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 59 · G 09 · B FA

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