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Recognised as Colour

#5B10BE

  • #5B10BE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5B10BE is a violet with RGB values 91, 16, 190 and HSL 266°, 84%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#5B10BE#5B10BE
HEX#5B10BE
RGBrgb(91, 16, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.0627, 0.7451
RGB percentages35.7%, 6.3%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(265.9, 84.5%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.9, 91.6%, 74.5%)
CMYK52.1%, 91.6%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,968,062
CSS custom property--colour: #5B10BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06312WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness82.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.28:1
Contrast with white9.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D
Inverted#A4EF41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0049C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0044BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original
Tritanopia#384C70no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.28:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 13.5Dark violet · ΔE 16.1Medium blue · ΔE 18.7Dark orchid · ΔE 19.1Dark blue · ΔE 21Navy · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 13.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#73BE10
Analogous#101CBE, #B210BE
Triadic#BE5B10, #10BE5B
Split complementary#BEB210, #1CBE10
Tetradic#BE101C, #73BE10, #10BEB2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C7A3F7
Lighter +30%#AB74F3
Lighter +20%#8E45EF
Lighter +10%#7216EB
Darker −10%#440C8F
Darker −20%#2E0860
Darker −30%#170431
Darker −40%#010002
More saturated +25%#5900CE
Less saturated −25%#5F2AA4

Channel breakdown

R91
G16
B190
Red91 (35.7%)
Green16 (6.3%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue265.86°
Saturation (HSL)84.47%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5B · G 10 · B BE

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