Recognised as Colour

#5A49FD

#5A49FD
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#5A49FD is a blue with RGB values 90, 73, 253 and HSL 246°, 98%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#5A49FD

RGBrgb(90, 73, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.2863, 0.9922

RGB percentages35.3%, 28.6%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(245.7, 97.8%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(245.7, 71.1%, 99.2%)

CMYK64.4%, 71.1%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,917,181

CSS custom property--colour: #5A49FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14031WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness113.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.52:1

Contrast with white5.52:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A

Inverted#A5B602

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0070FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#0061FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original

Tritanopia#007B9Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 94.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.81:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 17.2 Medium blue · ΔE 22 Dark violet · ΔE 25.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 27.7 Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.2 Blue · ΔE 32.5

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 17.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ECFD49

Analogous#4992FD, #B449FD

Triadic#FD5A49, #49FD5A

Split complementary#FDB449, #92FD49

Tetradic#FD4992, #ECFD49, #49FDB4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E3E0FF

Lighter +20%#B5AEFE

Lighter +10%#887BFE

Darker −10%#2C17FC

Darker −20%#1702DE

Darker −30%#1202AB

Darker −40%#0D0179

More saturated +25%#5847FF

Less saturated −25%#6D60E6

Channel breakdown

R90

G73

B253

Red90 (35.3%)

Green73 (28.6%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue245.67°

Saturation (HSL)97.83%

Lightness63.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5A · G 49 · B FD

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