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Recognised as Colour

#5A3FFF

  • #5A3FFF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5A3FFF is a blue with RGB values 90, 63, 255 and HSL 248°, 100%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#5A3FFF#5A3FFF
HEX#5A3FFF
RGBrgb(90, 63, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.2471, 1
RGB percentages35.3%, 24.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(248.4, 100%, 62.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(248.4, 75.3%, 100%)
CMYK64.7%, 75.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,914,623
CSS custom property--colour: #5A3FFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12949WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness110.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.85:1
Contrast with white5.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#A5C000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006CFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#005DFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00779Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 99.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.85:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.59:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 17.1Medium blue · ΔE 18.2Dark violet · ΔE 24.2Blue · ΔE 25.8Dark orchid · ΔE 30.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 34.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 17.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4FF3F
Analogous#3F84FF, #BA3FFF
Triadic#FF5A3F, #3FFF5A
Split complementary#FFBA3F, #84FF3F
Tetradic#FF3F84, #E4FF3F, #3FFFBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DDD8FF
Lighter +20%#B2A5FF
Lighter +10%#8672FF
Darker −10%#2E0CFF
Darker −20%#1E00D8
Darker −30%#1700A5
Darker −40%#100072
More saturated +25%#5A3FFF
Less saturated −25%#6B57E7

Channel breakdown

R90
G63
B255
Red90 (35.3%)
Green63 (24.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue248.44°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness62.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5A · G 3F · B FF

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