Recognised as Colour

#50197C

#50197C
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#50197C is a violet with RGB values 80, 25, 124 and HSL 273°, 66%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#50197C#50197C

HEX#50197C

RGBrgb(80, 25, 124)

RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.098, 0.4863

RGB percentages31.4%, 9.8%, 48.6%

HSLhsl(273.3, 66.4%, 29.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(273.3, 79.8%, 48.6%)

CMYK35.5%, 79.8%, 0%, 51.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,249,404

CSS custom property--colour: #50197C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03856WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness63.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.86:1

Contrast with white11.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C

Inverted#AFE683

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00367Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#00377Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original

Tritanopia#48334Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 10 Indigo · ΔE 11.9 Midnight blue · ΔE 14.6 Purple · ΔE 18.8 Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.3 Dark magenta · ΔE 22.1

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 9.97, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#457C19

Analogous#1E197C, #7C1977

Triadic#7C5019, #197C50

Split complementary#777C19, #197C1E

Tetradic#7C1E19, #457C19, #19777C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B67CE5

Lighter +30%#9F52DC

Lighter +20%#872AD1

Lighter +10%#6B22A6

Darker −10%#351052

Darker −20%#190827

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#52068F

Less saturated −25%#4E2C69

Channel breakdown

R80

G25

B124

Red80 (31.4%)

Green25 (9.8%)

Blue124 (48.6%)

Hue273.33°

Saturation (HSL)66.44%

Lightness29.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 50 · G 19 · B 7C

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Colour values

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