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Recognised as Colour

#5A1AE7

  • #5A1AE7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#5A1AE7 is a violet with RGB values 90, 26, 231 and HSL 259°, 81%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#5A1AE7#5A1AE7
HEX#5A1AE7
RGBrgb(90, 26, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.102, 0.9059
RGB percentages35.3%, 10.2%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(258.7, 81%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.7, 88.7%, 90.6%)
CMYK61%, 88.7%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,905,127
CSS custom property--colour: #5A1AE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08682WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.67:1
Contrast with white7.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#363636
Inverted#A5E518

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0059ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#004DE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Tritanopia#006189no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 99.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.67:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 11.3Blue violet · ΔE 15.9Dark violet · ΔE 19.9Blue · ΔE 20.7Dark orchid · ΔE 30.6Dark blue · ΔE 35.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 11.34, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A7E71A
Analogous#1A40E7, #C11AE7
Triadic#E75A1A, #1AE75A
Split complementary#E7C11A, #40E71A
Tetradic#E71A40, #A7E71A, #1AE7C1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFD3FA
Lighter +30%#BEA4F6
Lighter +20%#9D76F1
Lighter +10%#7B48EC
Darker −10%#4814BA
Darker −20%#360F8C
Darker −30%#240A5E
Darker −40%#120530
More saturated +25%#5102FF
Less saturated −25%#663AC7

Channel breakdown

R90
G26
B231
Red90 (35.3%)
Green26 (10.2%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue258.73°
Saturation (HSL)81.03%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5A · G 1A · B E7

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