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Recognised as Colour

#5E20CB

  • #5E20CB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5E20CB is a violet with RGB values 94, 32, 203 and HSL 262°, 73%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#5E20CB#5E20CB
HEX#5E20CB
RGBrgb(94, 32, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.1255, 0.7961
RGB percentages36.9%, 12.5%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(261.8, 72.8%, 46.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.8, 84.2%, 79.6%)
CMYK53.7%, 84.2%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,168,779
CSS custom property--colour: #5E20CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07725WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.25:1
Contrast with white8.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A
Inverted#A1DF34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0052CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34 from the original
Deuteranopia#004AC8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original
Tritanopia#335679no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.25:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.5Dark violet · ΔE 16.1Medium blue · ΔE 18.1Dark orchid · ΔE 19.1Dark blue · ΔE 23.5Navy · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8DCB20
Analogous#2038CB, #B320CB
Triadic#CB5E20, #20CB5E
Split complementary#CBB320, #38CB20
Tetradic#CB2038, #8DCB20, #20CBB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D4C2F5
Lighter +30%#B696EE
Lighter +20%#976AE7
Lighter +10%#793EE0
Darker −10%#4A199F
Darker −20%#351273
Darker −30%#210B47
Darker −40%#0C041B
More saturated +25%#5603E8
Less saturated −25%#663DAE

Channel breakdown

R94
G32
B203
Red94 (36.9%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue261.75°
Saturation (HSL)72.77%
Lightness46.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5E · G 20 · B CB

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