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Recognised as Colour

#5E02CB

  • #5E02CB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5E02CB is a violet with RGB values 94, 2, 203 and HSL 267°, 98%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#5E02CB#5E02CB
HEX#5E02CB
RGBrgb(94, 2, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.0078, 0.7961
RGB percentages36.9%, 0.8%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(267.5, 98%, 40.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.5, 99%, 79.6%)
CMYK53.7%, 99%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,161,099
CSS custom property--colour: #5E02CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06735WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness85.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.95:1
Contrast with white8.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#242424
Inverted#A1FD34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004CD0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0045C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original
Tritanopia#345076no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 87.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.95:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12.1Medium blue · ΔE 13.4Dark violet · ΔE 14.5Dark orchid · ΔE 23.5Dark blue · ΔE 27.4Blue · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6FCB02
Analogous#020BCB, #C202CB
Triadic#CB5E02, #02CB5E
Split complementary#CBC302, #0ACB02
Tetradic#CB020B, #6FCB02, #02CBC2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C89BFE
Lighter +30%#AD68FE
Lighter +20%#9136FD
Lighter +10%#7503FD
Darker −10%#470298
Darker −20%#2F0166
Darker −30%#180133
Darker −40%#000001
More saturated +25%#5E00CD
Less saturated −25%#601CB1

Channel breakdown

R94
G2
B203
Red94 (36.9%)
Green2 (0.8%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue267.46°
Saturation (HSL)98.05%
Lightness40.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5E · G 02 · B CB

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