Recognised as Colour

#500B5E

#500B5E
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#500B5E is a violet with RGB values 80, 11, 94 and HSL 290°, 79%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#500B5E

RGBrgb(80, 11, 94)

RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.0431, 0.3686

RGB percentages31.4%, 4.3%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(289.9, 79%, 20.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(289.9, 88.3%, 36.9%)

CMYK14.9%, 88.3%, 0%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,245,790

CSS custom property--colour: #500B5E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02753WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness54.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.54:1

Contrast with white13.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#202020

Inverted#AFF4A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002A60no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#14305Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original

Tritanopia#501F36no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text13.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 20.3 Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.4 Purple · ΔE 20.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 22 Indigo · ΔE 23.3 Dark magenta · ΔE 25.6

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 20.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#195E0B

Analogous#260B5E, #5E0B43

Triadic#5E500B, #0B5E50

Split complementary#425E0B, #0B5E27

Tetradic#5E270B, #195E0B, #0B435E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CF4BEA

Lighter +30%#C31DE5

Lighter +20%#9E16B9

Lighter +10%#77108C

Darker −10%#290630

Darker −20%#020003

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#570069

Less saturated −25%#471851

Channel breakdown

R80

G11

B94

Red80 (31.4%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue289.88°

Saturation (HSL)79.05%

Lightness20.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 50 · G 0B · B 5E

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Colour values

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