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Recognised as Colour

#5A03D9

  • #5A03D9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#5A03D9 is a violet with RGB values 90, 3, 217 and HSL 264°, 97%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#5A03D9#5A03D9
HEX#5A03D9
RGBrgb(90, 3, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.0118, 0.851
RGB percentages35.3%, 1.2%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(264.4, 97.3%, 43.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.4, 98.6%, 85.1%)
CMYK58.5%, 98.6%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,899,225
CSS custom property--colour: #5A03D9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07249WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness88.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.57:1
Contrast with white8.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#252525
Inverted#A5FC26

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0051DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0047D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Tritanopia#0E577Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 96.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.57:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 10.4Blue violet · ΔE 15.1Dark violet · ΔE 17.8Blue · ΔE 23Dark orchid · ΔE 29Dark blue · ΔE 32.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 10.39, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#82D903
Analogous#0317D9, #C503D9
Triadic#D95A03, #03D95A
Split complementary#D9C503, #17D903
Tetradic#D90317, #82D903, #03D9C5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CCAAFE
Lighter +30%#AE78FD
Lighter +20%#9046FC
Lighter +10%#7213FC
Darker −10%#4502A7
Darker −20%#300274
Darker −30%#1B0142
Darker −40%#070010
More saturated +25%#5900DC
Less saturated −25%#5F1EBE

Channel breakdown

R90
G3
B217
Red90 (35.3%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue264.39°
Saturation (HSL)97.27%
Lightness43.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5A · G 03 · B D9

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