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Recognised as Colour

#5E07CB

  • #5E07CB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5E07CB is a violet with RGB values 94, 7, 203 and HSL 267°, 93%, 41%. 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

#5E07CB#5E07CB
HEX#5E07CB
RGBrgb(94, 7, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.0275, 0.7961
RGB percentages36.9%, 2.7%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(266.6, 93.3%, 41.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.6, 96.6%, 79.6%)
CMYK53.7%, 96.6%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,162,379
CSS custom property--colour: #5E07CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06843WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness85.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.87:1
Contrast with white8.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#282828
Inverted#A1F834

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004DD0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0046C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original
Tritanopia#335177no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.87:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.8Medium blue · ΔE 13.8Dark violet · ΔE 14.5Dark orchid · ΔE 22.9Dark blue · ΔE 26.8Blue · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.77, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#74CB07
Analogous#0712CB, #C007CB
Triadic#CB5E07, #07CB5E
Split complementary#CBC007, #12CB07
Tetradic#CB0712, #74CB07, #07CBC0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CAA2FC
Lighter +30%#AE71FA
Lighter +20%#9240F8
Lighter +10%#750EF7
Darker −10%#47059A
Darker −20%#300468
Darker −30%#1A0237
Darker −40%#030006
More saturated +25%#5D00D2
Less saturated −25%#6121B1

Channel breakdown

R94
G7
B203
Red94 (36.9%)
Green7 (2.7%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue266.63°
Saturation (HSL)93.33%
Lightness41.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5E · G 07 · B CB

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