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Recognised as Colour

#5B03B7

  • #5B03B7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5B03B7 is a violet with RGB values 91, 3, 183 and HSL 269°, 97%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#5B03B7#5B03B7
HEX#5B03B7
RGBrgb(91, 3, 183)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.0118, 0.7176
RGB percentages35.7%, 1.2%, 71.8%
HSLhsl(269.3, 96.8%, 36.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.3, 98.4%, 71.8%)
CMYK50.3%, 98.4%, 0%, 28.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,964,727
CSS custom property--colour: #5B03B7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05708WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness79.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.81:1
Contrast with white9.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#232323
Inverted#A4FC48

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0045BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0041B4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original
Tritanopia#3D476Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.81:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.8Dark violet · ΔE 16.3Dark orchid · ΔE 19.1Medium blue · ΔE 19.8Dark blue · ΔE 20Indigo · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.81, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5FB703
Analogous#0305B7, #B503B7
Triadic#B75B03, #03B75B
Split complementary#B7B503, #05B703
Tetradic#B70305, #5FB703, #03B7B5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C289FD
Lighter +30%#A857FC
Lighter +20%#8E25FB
Lighter +10%#7404E9
Darker −10%#420285
Darker −20%#290153
Darker −30%#100120
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5B00BA
Less saturated −25%#5C1AA0

Channel breakdown

R91
G3
B183
Red91 (35.7%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue183 (71.8%)
Hue269.33°
Saturation (HSL)96.77%
Lightness36.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5B · G 03 · B B7

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