Colour

#5A14BD

#5A14BD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#5A14BD is a violet with RGB values 90, 20, 189 and HSL 265°, 81%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#5A14BD

RGBrgb(90, 20, 189)

RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.0784, 0.7412

RGB percentages35.3%, 7.8%, 74.1%

HSLhsl(264.9, 80.9%, 41%)

HSV / HSBhsv(264.9, 89.4%, 74.1%)

CMYK52.4%, 89.4%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,903,549

CSS custom property--colour: #5A14BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06348WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness82 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#2F2F2F

Inverted#A5EB42

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004AC1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34 from the original

Deuteranopia#0044BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original

Tritanopia#364D6Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.2 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 14.2 Dark violet · ΔE 17 Dark orchid · ΔE 18.7 Medium blue · ΔE 19.7 Dark blue · ΔE 20.1 Navy · ΔE 24.3

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#77BD14

Analogous#1422BD, #AF14BD

Triadic#BD5A14, #14BD5A

Split complementary#BDAE14, #23BD14

Tetradic#BD1422, #77BD14, #14BDAF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C8A7F6

Lighter +30%#AB79F1

Lighter +20%#8E4BEC

Lighter +10%#711DE7

Darker −10%#440F8F

Darker −20%#2E0A61

Darker −30%#180533

Darker −40%#020005

More saturated +25%#5700D1

Less saturated −25%#5E2EA3

Channel breakdown

R90

G20

B189

Red90 (35.3%)

Green20 (7.8%)

Blue189 (74.1%)

Hue264.85°

Saturation (HSL)80.86%

Lightness40.98%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5A · G 14 · B BD

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