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Recognised as Colour

#5F02BA

  • #5F02BA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5F02BA is a violet with RGB values 95, 2, 186 and HSL 270°, 98%, 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

#5F02BA#5F02BA
HEX#5F02BA
RGBrgb(95, 2, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.0078, 0.7294
RGB percentages37.3%, 0.8%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(270.3, 97.9%, 36.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.3, 98.9%, 72.9%)
CMYK48.9%, 98.9%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,226,618
CSS custom property--colour: #5F02BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06021WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness81.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.53:1
Contrast with white9.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#232323
Inverted#A0FD45

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0047BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0043B7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original
Tritanopia#43486Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.53:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 13.6Dark violet · ΔE 14.9Dark orchid · ΔE 18.7Medium blue · ΔE 19.5Dark blue · ΔE 21.5Indigo · ΔE 25.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 13.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5DBA02
Analogous#0302BA, #BA02B9
Triadic#BA5F02, #02BA5F
Split complementary#B9BA02, #02BA03
Tetradic#BA0302, #5DBA02, #02B9BA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C58AFE
Lighter +30%#AB58FD
Lighter +20%#9225FD
Lighter +10%#7903EC
Darker −10%#450188
Darker −20%#2B0155
Darker −30%#120023
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5F00BC
Less saturated −25%#5F19A3

Channel breakdown

R95
G2
B186
Red95 (37.3%)
Green2 (0.8%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue270.33°
Saturation (HSL)97.87%
Lightness36.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5F · G 02 · B BA

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