Colour

#5E00BB

#5E00BB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#5E00BB is a violet with RGB values 94, 0, 187 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

#5E00BB#5E00BB

HEX#5E00BB

RGBrgb(94, 0, 187)

RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0, 0.7333

RGB percentages36.9%, 0%, 73.3%

HSLhsl(270.2, 100%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270.2, 100%, 73.3%)

CMYK49.7%, 100%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,160,571

CSS custom property--colour: #5E00BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05968WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness81.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.57:1

Contrast with white9.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#212121

Inverted#A1FF44

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0046BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#0042B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original

Tritanopia#40486Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 13.5 Dark violet · ΔE 14.9 Medium blue · ΔE 18.6 Dark orchid · ΔE 19.4 Dark blue · ΔE 21.9 Navy · ΔE 26.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 13.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5DBB00

Analogous#0100BB, #BB00BA

Triadic#BB5E00, #00BB5E

Split complementary#BABB00, #00BB01

Tetradic#BB0100, #5DBB00, #00BABB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C488FF

Lighter +30%#AA55FF

Lighter +20%#9122FF

Lighter +10%#7800EE

Darker −10%#440088

Darker −20%#2B0055

Darker −30%#110022

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5E00BB

Less saturated −25%#5E17A4

Channel breakdown

R94

B187

Red94 (36.9%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue187 (73.3%)

Hue270.16°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness36.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5E · G 00 · B BB

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