Colour

#50148B

#50148B
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#50148B is a violet with RGB values 80, 20, 139 and HSL 270°, 75%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#50148B#50148B

HEX#50148B

RGBrgb(80, 20, 139)

RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.0784, 0.5451

RGB percentages31.4%, 7.8%, 54.5%

HSLhsl(270.3, 74.8%, 31.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270.3, 85.6%, 54.5%)

CMYK42.4%, 85.6%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,248,139

CSS custom property--colour: #50148B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0407WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness66 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.58:1

Contrast with white11.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#292929

Inverted#AFEB74

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00398Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#003889no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original

Tritanopia#423752no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 4.3 Rebecca purple · ΔE 12.6 Navy · ΔE 15.9 Dark blue · ΔE 17.9 Midnight blue · ΔE 19.5 Purple · ΔE 20.3

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 4.29, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4F8B14

Analogous#15148B, #8B148A

Triadic#8B5014, #148B50

Split complementary#8A8B14, #148B15

Tetradic#8B1514, #4F8B14, #148A8B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B67EED

Lighter +30%#9D52E6

Lighter +20%#8325E0

Lighter +10%#6A1AB8

Darker −10%#360E5E

Darker −20%#1D0732

Darker −30%#030105

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#50009F

Less saturated −25%#502877

Channel breakdown

R80

G20

B139

Red80 (31.4%)

Green20 (7.8%)

Blue139 (54.5%)

Hue270.25°

Saturation (HSL)74.84%

Lightness31.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 50 · G 14 · B 8B

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