Recognised as Colour

#50166A

#50166A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#50166A is a violet with RGB values 80, 22, 106 and HSL 281°, 66%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#50166A

RGBrgb(80, 22, 106)

RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.0863, 0.4157

RGB percentages31.4%, 8.6%, 41.6%

HSLhsl(281.4, 65.6%, 25.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(281.4, 79.2%, 41.6%)

CMYK24.5%, 79.2%, 0%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,248,618

CSS custom property--colour: #50166A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0332WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness59 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.62:1

Contrast with white12.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#282828

Inverted#AFE995

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00306Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#0C3468no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original

Tritanopia#4D293Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.9 Midnight blue · ΔE 16.6 Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.2 Indigo · ΔE 20.2 Purple · ΔE 20.3 Dark magenta · ΔE 24.9

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 15.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#306A16

Analogous#26166A, #6A165A

Triadic#6A5016, #166A50

Split complementary#5A6A16, #166A26

Tetradic#6A2616, #306A16, #165A6A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BC6CE0

Lighter +30%#A941D8

Lighter +20%#9028BE

Lighter +10%#701F94

Darker −10%#300D40

Darker −20%#100416

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#56067A

Less saturated −25%#4A265A

Channel breakdown

R80

G22

B106

Red80 (31.4%)

Green22 (8.6%)

Blue106 (41.6%)

Hue281.43°

Saturation (HSL)65.63%

Lightness25.1%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 50 · G 16 · B 6A

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Colour values

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