Colour

#5E00BC

#5E00BC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#5E00BC is a violet with RGB values 94, 0, 188 and HSL 270°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#5E00BC#5E00BC

HEX#5E00BC

RGBrgb(94, 0, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0, 0.7373

RGB percentages36.9%, 0%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(270, 100%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270, 100%, 73.7%)

CMYK50%, 100%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,160,572

CSS custom property--colour: #5E00BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06011WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness81.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.54:1

Contrast with white9.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#222222

Inverted#A1FF43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

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#40486Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 13.3 Dark violet · ΔE 14.7 Medium blue · ΔE 18.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 19.6 Dark blue · ΔE 22.2 Navy · ΔE 26.6

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 13.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5EBC00

Analogous#0000BC, #BC00BC

Triadic#BC5E00, #00BC5E

Split complementary#BCBC00, #00BC00

Tetradic#BC0000, #5EBC00, #00BCBC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C489FF

Lighter +30%#AB56FF

Lighter +20%#9123FF

Lighter +10%#7800EF

Darker −10%#450089

Darker −20%#2B0056

Darker −30%#120023

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5E00BC

Less saturated −25%#5E18A5

Channel breakdown

R94

B188

Red94 (36.9%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue270°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness36.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5E · G 00 · B BC

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