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Recognised as Colour

#5D00BC

  • #5D00BC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5D00BC is a violet with RGB values 93, 0, 188 and HSL 270°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#5D00BC#5D00BC
HEX#5D00BC
RGBrgb(93, 0, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.3647, 0, 0.7373
RGB percentages36.5%, 0%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(269.7, 100%, 36.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.7, 100%, 73.7%)
CMYK50.5%, 100%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,095,036
CSS custom property--colour: #5D00BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05958WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness81.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.58:1
Contrast with white9.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#212121
Inverted#A2FF43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0047C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0042B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Tritanopia#3E486Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 13.4Dark violet · ΔE 14.9Medium blue · ΔE 18Dark orchid · ΔE 19.9Dark blue · ΔE 22.1Navy · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 13.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5FBC00
Analogous#0001BC, #BB00BC
Triadic#BC5D00, #00BC5D
Split complementary#BCBB00, #01BC00
Tetradic#BC0001, #5FBC00, #00BCBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C389FF
Lighter +30%#AA56FF
Lighter +20%#9023FF
Lighter +10%#7600EF
Darker −10%#440089
Darker −20%#2B0056
Darker −30%#110023
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5D00BC
Less saturated −25%#5D18A5

Channel breakdown

R93
G0
B188
Red93 (36.5%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue269.68°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness36.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5D · G 00 · B BC

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