Recognised as Colour

#50059A

#50059A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#50059A is a violet with RGB values 80, 5, 154 and HSL 270°, 94%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#50059A#50059A

HEX#50059A

RGBrgb(80, 5, 154)

RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.0196, 0.6039

RGB percentages31.4%, 2%, 60.4%

HSLhsl(270.2, 93.7%, 31.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270.2, 96.8%, 60.4%)

CMYK48.1%, 96.8%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,244,314

CSS custom property--colour: #50059A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04147WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness68.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.48:1

Contrast with white11.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#202020

Inverted#AFFA65

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003A9Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#003798no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original

Tritanopia#3A3A59no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 10.7 Dark blue · ΔE 12.9 Navy · ΔE 14.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 21.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.1 Dark magenta · ΔE 25.7

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 10.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4F9A05

Analogous#05059A, #9A059A

Triadic#9A5005, #059A50

Split complementary#9A9A05, #059A06

Tetradic#9A0505, #4F9A05, #059A9A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B671FA

Lighter +30%#9D3FF9

Lighter +20%#830EF7

Lighter +10%#6A07CB

Darker −10%#360369

Darker −20%#1D0237

Darker −30%#030006

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#50009F

Less saturated −25%#501986

Channel breakdown

R80

B154

Red80 (31.4%)

Green5 (2%)

Blue154 (60.4%)

Hue270.2°

Saturation (HSL)93.71%

Lightness31.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 50 · G 05 · B 9A

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Colour values

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