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Recognised as Colour

#5F08EB

  • #5F08EB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#5F08EB is a violet with RGB values 95, 8, 235 and HSL 263°, 93%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#5F08EB#5F08EB
HEX#5F08EB
RGBrgb(95, 8, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.0314, 0.9216
RGB percentages37.3%, 3.1%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(263, 93.4%, 47.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263, 96.6%, 92.2%)
CMYK59.6%, 96.6%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,228,203
CSS custom property--colour: #5F08EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08605WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.72:1
Contrast with white7.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B
Inverted#A0F714

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0058F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#004CE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00608Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 103.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.72:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 13.3Blue · ΔE 16.9Blue violet · ΔE 19.1Dark violet · ΔE 21.7Dark orchid · ΔE 34.2Dark blue · ΔE 39.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 13.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#94EB08
Analogous#0823EB, #D008EB
Triadic#EB5F08, #08EB5F
Split complementary#EBD008, #23EB08
Tetradic#EB0823, #94EB08, #08EBD0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9C2FD
Lighter +30%#BA91FB
Lighter +20%#9B5FFA
Lighter +10%#7B2EF8
Darker −10%#4B06BA
Darker −20%#370588
Darker −30%#230357
Darker −40%#0F0126
More saturated +25%#5D00F3
Less saturated −25%#6626CD

Channel breakdown

R95
G8
B235
Red95 (37.3%)
Green8 (3.1%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue263°
Saturation (HSL)93.42%
Lightness47.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5F · G 08 · B EB

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