Colour

#5A0BC3

#5A0BC3
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#5A0BC3 is a violet with RGB values 90, 11, 195 and HSL 266°, 89%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#5A0BC3

RGBrgb(90, 11, 195)

RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.0431, 0.7647

RGB percentages35.3%, 4.3%, 76.5%

HSLhsl(265.8, 89.3%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(265.8, 94.4%, 76.5%)

CMYK53.8%, 94.4%, 0%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,901,251

CSS custom property--colour: #5A0BC3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06353WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness82.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.25:1

Contrast with white9.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#292929

Inverted#A5F43C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004AC7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#0043C0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original

Tritanopia#314E72no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12.7 Dark violet · ΔE 15.4 Medium blue · ΔE 15.9 Dark orchid · ΔE 21.1 Dark blue · ΔE 23.2 Navy · ΔE 27.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#74C30B

Analogous#0B18C3, #B60BC3

Triadic#C35A0B, #0BC35A

Split complementary#C3B60B, #18C30B

Tetradic#C30B18, #74C30B, #0BC3B6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#C7A0FA

Lighter +30%#AA70F7

Lighter +20%#8D40F4

Lighter +10%#7110F1

Darker −10%#440893

Darker −20%#2D0662

Darker −30%#170332

Darker −40%#010002

More saturated +25%#5800CE

Less saturated −25%#5E25A9

Channel breakdown

R90

G11

B195

Red90 (35.3%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue195 (76.5%)

Hue265.76°

Saturation (HSL)89.32%

Lightness40.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5A · G 0B · B C3

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Colour values

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