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Recognised as Colour

#5A03FF

  • #5A03FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#5A03FF is a violet with RGB values 90, 3, 255 and HSL 261°, 100%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#5A03FF#5A03FF
HEX#5A03FF
RGBrgb(90, 3, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.0118, 1
RGB percentages35.3%, 1.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(260.7, 100%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.7, 98.8%, 100%)
CMYK64.7%, 98.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,899,263
CSS custom property--colour: #5A03FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09459WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.26:1
Contrast with white7.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#282828
Inverted#A5FC00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005EFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#004EFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34 from the original
Tritanopia#006996no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 112.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.26:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 9.1Medium blue · ΔE 19.9Blue violet · ΔE 28.1Dark violet · ΔE 30.2Dark orchid · ΔE 43.4Dark blue · ΔE 48.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 9.06, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A8FF03
Analogous#032AFF, #D803FF
Triadic#FF5A03, #03FF5A
Split complementary#FFD803, #2AFF03
Tetradic#FF032A, #A8FF03, #03FFD8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0CFFF
Lighter +30%#BE9CFF
Lighter +20%#9D69FF
Lighter +10%#7B36FF
Darker −10%#4700CF
Darker −20%#36009C
Darker −30%#240069
Darker −40%#130036
More saturated +25%#5A03FF
Less saturated −25%#6422E0

Channel breakdown

R90
G3
B255
Red90 (35.3%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue260.71°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5A · G 03 · B FF

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