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Recognised as Colour

#50186F

  • #50186F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#50186F is a violet with RGB values 80, 24, 111 and HSL 279°, 64%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#50186F#50186F
HEX#50186F
RGBrgb(80, 24, 111)
RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.0941, 0.4353
RGB percentages31.4%, 9.4%, 43.5%
HSLhsl(278.6, 64.4%, 26.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.6, 78.4%, 43.5%)
CMYK27.9%, 78.4%, 0%, 56.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,249,135
CSS custom property--colour: #50186F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03506WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness60.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.34:1
Contrast with white12.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A
Inverted#AFE790

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003271no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#04356Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Tritanopia#4C2C42no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.34:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 14Midnight blue · ΔE 15.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.6Indigo · ΔE 18.3Purple · ΔE 19.8Dark magenta · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 13.98, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#376F18
Analogous#25186F, #6F1862
Triadic#6F5018, #186F50
Split complementary#626F18, #186F25
Tetradic#6F2518, #376F18, #18626F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B972E1
Lighter +30%#A548D8
Lighter +20%#8C2AC3
Lighter +10%#6E2199
Darker −10%#320F45
Darker −20%#14061B
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#550780
Less saturated −25%#4B295E

Channel breakdown

R80
G24
B111
Red80 (31.4%)
Green24 (9.4%)
Blue111 (43.5%)
Hue278.62°
Saturation (HSL)64.44%
Lightness26.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 50 · G 18 · B 6F

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