#5716B6

A medium, vivid purple closely aligning with Blueviolet.

About #5716B6

Visually, #5716B6 is defined as a vivid purple. Designers often compare it to the standard color Blueviolet. In the RGB color space, it consists of 87 red, 22 green, and 182 blue.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 52% cyan and 88% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #FFFFFF text. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#5716B6
RGB87, 22, 182
HSL264.4°, 78.4%, 40.0%
CMYK52%, 88%, 0%, 29%
HSV264.4°, 87.9%, 71.4%
LAB29.4, 59.9, -70.5
XYZ12.7, 6.0, 44.7
Decimal5707446

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

9.57:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
2.20:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
9.14:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
1.87:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #5716B6; }
.text-color { color: #5716B6; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #5716B6; }

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Blueviolet
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