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Recognised as Colour

#5F1EBE

  • #5F1EBE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5F1EBE is a violet with RGB values 95, 30, 190 and HSL 264°, 73%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#5F1EBE#5F1EBE
HEX#5F1EBE
RGBrgb(95, 30, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.1176, 0.7451
RGB percentages37.3%, 11.8%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(264.4, 72.7%, 43.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.4, 84.2%, 74.5%)
CMYK50%, 84.2%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,233,790
CSS custom property--colour: #5F1EBE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07079WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness85.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.69:1
Contrast with white8.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#373737
Inverted#A0E141

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004DC2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original
Deuteranopia#0048BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Tritanopia#404F71no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.69:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.6Dark orchid · ΔE 16.4Dark violet · ΔE 17.8Dark blue · ΔE 19.9Indigo · ΔE 22.6Medium blue · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7DBE1E
Analogous#1E2DBE, #AF1EBE
Triadic#BE5F1E, #1EBE5F
Split complementary#BEAF1E, #2DBE1E
Tetradic#BE1E2D, #7DBE1E, #1EBEAF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CEB5F3
Lighter +30%#B189EC
Lighter +20%#945DE5
Lighter +10%#7731DE
Darker −10%#491792
Darker −20%#331066
Darker −30%#1D093A
Darker −40%#07020E
More saturated +25%#5A03DA
Less saturated −25%#643AA3

Channel breakdown

R95
G30
B190
Red95 (37.3%)
Green30 (11.8%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue264.38°
Saturation (HSL)72.73%
Lightness43.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5F · G 1E · B BE

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