Nerdulator> put something in

Colour

#590CEE

  • #590CEE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#590CEE is a violet with RGB values 89, 12, 238 and HSL 260°, 90%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#590CEE#590CEE
HEX#590CEE
RGBrgb(89, 12, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.0471, 0.9333
RGB percentages34.9%, 4.7%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(260.4, 90.4%, 49%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.4, 95%, 93.3%)
CMYK62.6%, 95%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,836,014
CSS custom property--colour: #590CEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0856WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.74:1
Contrast with white7.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D
Inverted#A6F311

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0059F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#004BEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00628Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 105 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.74:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 13.2Blue · ΔE 15.2Blue violet · ΔE 20.7Dark violet · ΔE 23.5Dark orchid · ΔE 35.9Dark blue · ΔE 40.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 13.24, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A1EE0C
Analogous#0C30EE, #CA0CEE
Triadic#EE590C, #0CEE59
Split complementary#EECA0C, #30EE0C
Tetradic#EE0C30, #A1EE0C, #0CEECA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DBCAFC
Lighter +30%#BA99FA
Lighter +20%#9969F7
Lighter +10%#7838F5
Darker −10%#470ABD
Darker −20%#35078D
Darker −30%#23055C
Darker −40%#10022C
More saturated +25%#5500FA
Less saturated −25%#632BCF

Channel breakdown

R89
G12
B238
Red89 (34.9%)
Green12 (4.7%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue260.44°
Saturation (HSL)90.4%
Lightness49.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 59 · G 0C · B EE

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “590cee” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.