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Recognised as Colour

#50245D

  • #50245D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#50245D is a violet with RGB values 80, 36, 93 and HSL 286°, 44%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#50245D#50245D
HEX#50245D
RGBrgb(80, 36, 93)
RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.1412, 0.3647
RGB percentages31.4%, 14.1%, 36.5%
HSLhsl(286.3, 44.2%, 25.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286.3, 61.3%, 36.5%)
CMYK14%, 61.3%, 0%, 63.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,252,189
CSS custom property--colour: #50245D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03758WCAG 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 11.99:1
Contrast with white11.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#313131
Inverted#AFDBA2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#17345Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#26385Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Tritanopia#502D3Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.99:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 19Midnight blue · ΔE 25.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.8Purple · ΔE 31.1Indigo · ΔE 34.9Dark magenta · ΔE 35.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 18.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#315D24
Analogous#33245D, #5D244E
Triadic#5D5024, #245D50
Split complementary#4D5D24, #245D34
Tetradic#5D3424, #315D24, #244E5D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BC7FCE
Lighter +30%#A85BBF
Lighter +20%#8F40A7
Lighter +10%#703282
Darker −10%#301638
Darker −20%#110813
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#59146D
Less saturated −25%#47344D

Channel breakdown

R80
G36
B93
Red80 (31.4%)
Green36 (14.1%)
Blue93 (36.5%)
Hue286.32°
Saturation (HSL)44.19%
Lightness25.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 50 · G 24 · B 5D

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