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Recognised as Colour

#5B09F8

  • #5B09F8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#5B09F8 is a violet with RGB values 91, 9, 248 and HSL 261°, 94%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#5B09F8#5B09F8
HEX#5B09F8
RGBrgb(91, 9, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.0353, 0.9725
RGB percentages35.7%, 3.5%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(260.6, 94.5%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.6, 96.4%, 97.3%)
CMYK63.3%, 96.4%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,966,328
CSS custom property--colour: #5B09F8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09197WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.4:1
Contrast with white7.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C
Inverted#A4F607

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005CFEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#004EF4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34 from the original
Tritanopia#006692no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 108.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.4:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 11.6Medium blue · ΔE 16.8Blue violet · ΔE 24.5Dark violet · ΔE 26.9Dark orchid · ΔE 39.8Dark blue · ΔE 45.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 11.6, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A6F809
Analogous#092FF8, #D309F8
Triadic#F85B09, #09F85B
Split complementary#F8D209, #2FF809
Tetradic#F8092F, #A6F809, #09F8D2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFCFFE
Lighter +30%#BE9EFC
Lighter +20%#9D6CFB
Lighter +10%#7C3BF9
Darker −10%#4806C8
Darker −20%#370497
Darker −30%#250365
Darker −40%#130134
More saturated +25%#5902FF
Less saturated −25%#6529D8

Channel breakdown

R91
G9
B248
Red91 (35.7%)
Green9 (3.5%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue260.59°
Saturation (HSL)94.47%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5B · G 09 · B F8

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