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Recognised as Colour

#5D50FF

  • #5D50FF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5D50FF is a blue with RGB values 93, 80, 255 and HSL 244°, 100%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#5D50FF#5D50FF
HEX#5D50FF
RGBrgb(93, 80, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.3647, 0.3137, 1
RGB percentages36.5%, 31.4%, 100%
HSLhsl(244.5, 100%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(244.5, 68.6%, 100%)
CMYK63.5%, 68.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,115,583
CSS custom property--colour: #5D50FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15284WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.18:1
Contrast with white5.18:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#A2AF00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0074FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0066FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Tritanopia#007FA2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 92 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.18:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 18.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.7Medium blue · ΔE 25.2Dark violet · ΔE 26.8Dark orchid · ΔE 27.1Slate blue · ΔE 33.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 18.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F2FF50
Analogous#509BFF, #B450FF
Triadic#FF5D50, #50FF5D
Split complementary#FFB450, #9BFF50
Tetradic#FF509B, #F2FF50, #50FFB4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EBE9FF
Lighter +20%#BBB6FF
Lighter +10%#8C83FF
Darker −10%#2E1DFF
Darker −20%#1100E9
Darker −30%#0E00B6
Darker −40%#0A0083
More saturated +25%#5D50FF
Less saturated −25%#7066E9

Channel breakdown

R93
G80
B255
Red93 (36.5%)
Green80 (31.4%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue244.46°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5D · G 50 · B FF

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