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Recognised as Colour

#5F0BC4

  • #5F0BC4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5F0BC4 is a violet with RGB values 95, 11, 196 and HSL 267°, 89%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#5F0BC4#5F0BC4
HEX#5F0BC4
RGBrgb(95, 11, 196)
RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.0431, 0.7686
RGB percentages37.3%, 4.3%, 76.9%
HSLhsl(267.2, 89.4%, 40.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.2, 94.4%, 76.9%)
CMYK51.5%, 94.4%, 0%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,228,932
CSS custom property--colour: #5F0BC4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06658WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness84.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.01:1
Contrast with white9.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A
Inverted#A0F43B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004BC8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0046C1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Tritanopia#3C4E73no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.01:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.8Dark violet · ΔE 14.3Medium blue · ΔE 16.7Dark orchid · ΔE 20.2Dark blue · ΔE 23.9Navy · ΔE 28.4
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#70C40B
Analogous#0B14C4, #BB0BC4
Triadic#C45F0B, #0BC45F
Split complementary#C4BB0B, #14C40B
Tetradic#C40B14, #70C40B, #0BC4BB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C9A1FA
Lighter +30%#AE71F7
Lighter +20%#9241F4
Lighter +10%#7710F2
Darker −10%#480894
Darker −20%#300663
Darker −30%#190333
Darker −40%#010003
More saturated +25%#5E00CF
Less saturated −25%#6125AA

Channel breakdown

R95
G11
B196
Red95 (37.3%)
Green11 (4.3%)
Blue196 (76.9%)
Hue267.24°
Saturation (HSL)89.37%
Lightness40.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5F · G 0B · B C4

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