Information about #5711BA color

#5711BA color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #5711BA is classified in the Register under the Violet Color Family, with High Saturation and Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(87, 17, 186) — 34.1% red, 6.7% green, 72.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 39 / 66 / 0 / 27. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A strongly colored blue-purple violet, #5711BA occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of DFIN (#640CB6). Slightly further away sit Violet Crystalline Fox (#6004A8) and Strong Violet (#5400A8).

Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(87, 17, 186)), which gives #5711BA its character. On this background, white text reaches a 9.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.2:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #5711BA is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#5711BA color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#5711BA color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #5711BA

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#5711BA
  • RGB87, 17, 186
  • CMYK39, 66, 0, 27
  • CSSrgb(87, 17, 186)
  • HSL265°, 83%, 40%
  • HSL Precise264.852°, 83.251%, 39.804%
  • HSV265°, 91%, 73%
  • HSB265°, 91%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.341
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.067
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.729
  • GLSLvec3(0.341, 0.067, 0.729)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.341, 0.067, 0.729, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.341, 0.067, 0.729)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB34.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB6.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB72.9%
  • Color FamilyViolet
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID5711BA
  • DECIMAL ID5706170
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01