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Recognised as Colour

#5A01BD

  • #5A01BD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5A01BD is a violet with RGB values 90, 1, 189 and HSL 268°, 99%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#5A01BD#5A01BD
HEX#5A01BD
RGBrgb(90, 1, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.0039, 0.7412
RGB percentages35.3%, 0.4%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(268.4, 98.9%, 37.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.4, 99.5%, 74.1%)
CMYK52.4%, 99.5%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,898,685
CSS custom property--colour: #5A01BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05869WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness80.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.66:1
Contrast with white9.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#212121
Inverted#A5FE42

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0047C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0041BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Tritanopia#36496Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.66:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 13.7Dark violet · ΔE 15.5Medium blue · ΔE 17Dark orchid · ΔE 20.7Dark blue · ΔE 22.1Navy · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 13.67, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#64BD01
Analogous#0106BD, #B801BD
Triadic#BD5A01, #01BD5A
Split complementary#BDB801, #06BD01
Tetradic#BD0106, #64BD01, #01BDB8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C28CFE
Lighter +30%#A759FE
Lighter +20%#8C26FE
Lighter +10%#7201F0
Darker −10%#42018A
Darker −20%#2A0058
Darker −30%#120025
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5A00BE
Less saturated −25%#5B19A5

Channel breakdown

R90
G1
B189
Red90 (35.3%)
Green1 (0.4%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue268.4°
Saturation (HSL)98.95%
Lightness37.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5A · G 01 · B BD

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