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Recognised as Colour

#50175C

  • #50175C
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#50175C is a violet with RGB values 80, 23, 92 and HSL 290°, 60%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#50175C#50175C
HEX#50175C
RGBrgb(80, 23, 92)
RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.0902, 0.3608
RGB percentages31.4%, 9%, 36.1%
HSLhsl(289.6, 60%, 22.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.6, 75%, 36.1%)
CMYK13%, 75%, 0%, 63.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,248,860
CSS custom property--colour: #50175C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03091WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness56.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.98:1
Contrast with white12.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#282828
Inverted#AFE8A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002D5Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#1D335Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Tritanopia#502437no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.98:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.2Midnight blue · ΔE 22Rebecca purple · ΔE 23Purple · ΔE 25.1Indigo · ΔE 28.6Dark magenta · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 20.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#235C17
Analogous#2E175C, #5C1746
Triadic#5C5017, #175C50
Split complementary#455C17, #175C2E
Tetradic#5C2E17, #235C17, #17455C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C566D9
Lighter +30%#B53DCF
Lighter +20%#972BAE
Lighter +10%#732185
Darker −10%#2D0D33
Darker −20%#09030A
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#59096A
Less saturated −25%#47254E

Channel breakdown

R80
G23
B92
Red80 (31.4%)
Green23 (9%)
Blue92 (36.1%)
Hue289.57°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness22.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 50 · G 17 · B 5C

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