Colour

#5F30BE

#5F30BE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark orchid

#5F30BE is a violet with RGB values 95, 48, 190 and HSL 260°, 60%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#5F30BE

RGBrgb(95, 48, 190)

RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.1882, 0.7451

RGB percentages37.3%, 18.8%, 74.5%

HSLhsl(259.9, 59.7%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(259.9, 74.7%, 74.5%)

CMYK50%, 74.7%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,238,398

CSS custom property--colour: #5F30BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08265WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness90.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.92:1

Contrast with white7.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#A0CF41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0053C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#004EBBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original

Tritanopia#3F5775no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 16.5 Indigo · ΔE 19.4 Dark blue · ΔE 20 Blue violet · ΔE 20.3 Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.2 Slate blue · ΔE 21.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 16.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#8FBE30

Analogous#3048BE, #A630BE

Triadic#BE5F30, #30BE5F

Split complementary#BEA630, #48BE30

Tetradic#BE3048, #8FBE30, #30BEA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#D6C9F1

Lighter +30%#B8A0E7

Lighter +20%#9977DD

Lighter +10%#7A4FD2

Darker −10%#4B2695

Darker −20%#361B6D

Darker −30%#221144

Darker −40%#0E071B

More saturated +25%#5512DC

Less saturated −25%#694EA0

Channel breakdown

R95

G48

B190

Red95 (37.3%)

Green48 (18.8%)

Blue190 (74.5%)

Hue259.86°

Saturation (HSL)59.66%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5F · G 30 · B BE

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