Recognised as Colour

#5B23D9

#5B23D9
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#5B23D9 is a violet with RGB values 91, 35, 217 and HSL 258°, 72%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#5B23D9

RGBrgb(91, 35, 217)

RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.1373, 0.851

RGB percentages35.7%, 13.7%, 85.1%

HSLhsl(258.5, 72.2%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(258.5, 83.9%, 85.1%)

CMYK58.1%, 83.9%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,972,953

CSS custom property--colour: #5B23D9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08436WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness92.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.81:1

Contrast with white7.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C

Inverted#A4DC26

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0056DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#004DD6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original

Tritanopia#125D82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 91.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.4 Medium blue · ΔE 14 Dark violet · ΔE 16.9 Dark orchid · ΔE 23.4 Dark blue · ΔE 28 Blue · ΔE 29.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A1D923

Analogous#2346D9, #B623D9

Triadic#D95B23, #23D95B

Split complementary#D9B623, #46D923

Tetradic#D92346, #A1D923, #23D9B6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DCD0F7

Lighter +30%#BCA5F0

Lighter +20%#9B79E9

Lighter +10%#7B4DE2

Darker −10%#491CAD

Darker −20%#361581

Darker −30%#240E55

Darker −40%#110729

More saturated +25%#4F04F9

Less saturated −25%#6743BA

Channel breakdown

R91

G35

B217

Red91 (35.7%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue217 (85.1%)

Hue258.46°

Saturation (HSL)72.22%

Lightness49.41%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5B · G 23 · B D9

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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