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Recognised as Colour

#5B2CBF

  • #5B2CBF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#5B2CBF is a violet with RGB values 91, 44, 191 and HSL 259°, 63%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#5B2CBF#5B2CBF
HEX#5B2CBF
RGBrgb(91, 44, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.1725, 0.749
RGB percentages35.7%, 17.3%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(259.2, 62.6%, 46.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.2, 77%, 74.9%)
CMYK52.4%, 77%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,975,231
CSS custom property--colour: #5B2CBF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07787WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness88.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.21:1
Contrast with white8.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#A4D340

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0052C3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#004BBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Tritanopia#365674no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.21:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 17.1Blue violet · ΔE 18.7Dark blue · ΔE 19.2Indigo · ΔE 20.5Navy · ΔE 22.1Dark violet · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 17.06, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#90BF2C
Analogous#2C47BF, #A42CBF
Triadic#BF5B2C, #2CBF5B
Split complementary#BFA52C, #46BF2C
Tetradic#BF2C47, #90BF2C, #2CBFA4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D3C5F2
Lighter +30%#B49CE8
Lighter +20%#9572DF
Lighter +10%#7649D5
Darker −10%#472296
Darker −20%#34196C
Darker −30%#200F43
Darker −40%#0C0619
More saturated +25%#500FDC
Less saturated −25%#6649A2

Channel breakdown

R91
G44
B191
Red91 (35.7%)
Green44 (17.3%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue259.18°
Saturation (HSL)62.55%
Lightness46.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5B · G 2C · B BF

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