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Recognised as Colour

#5E23CE

  • #5E23CE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5E23CE is a violet with RGB values 94, 35, 206 and HSL 261°, 71%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#5E23CE#5E23CE
HEX#5E23CE
RGBrgb(94, 35, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.1373, 0.8078
RGB percentages36.9%, 13.7%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(260.7, 71%, 47.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.7, 83%, 80.8%)
CMYK54.4%, 83%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,169,550
CSS custom property--colour: #5E23CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08038WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness90.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.05:1
Contrast with white8.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C
Inverted#A1DC31

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0053D3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#004CCBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Tritanopia#2F587Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.3Dark violet · ΔE 16.4Medium blue · ΔE 17.9Dark orchid · ΔE 19.3Dark blue · ΔE 24.1Navy · ΔE 28.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#93CE23
Analogous#233DCE, #B323CE
Triadic#CE5E23, #23CE5E
Split complementary#CEB423, #3DCE23
Tetradic#CE233D, #93CE23, #23CEB4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D7C7F6
Lighter +30%#B89CEE
Lighter +20%#9970E7
Lighter +10%#7A45DF
Darker −10%#4A1CA2
Darker −20%#361477
Darker −30%#220D4B
Darker −40%#0E0520
More saturated +25%#5505EC
Less saturated −25%#6741B0

Channel breakdown

R94
G35
B206
Red94 (36.9%)
Green35 (13.7%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue260.7°
Saturation (HSL)70.95%
Lightness47.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5E · G 23 · B CE

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