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Recognised as Colour

#502C74

  • #502C74
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#502C74 is a violet with RGB values 80, 44, 116 and HSL 270°, 45%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#502C74#502C74
HEX#502C74
RGBrgb(80, 44, 116)
RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.1725, 0.4549
RGB percentages31.4%, 17.3%, 45.5%
HSLhsl(270, 45%, 31.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 62.1%, 45.5%)
CMYK31%, 62.1%, 0%, 54.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,254,260
CSS custom property--colour: #502C74;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04768WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness67.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.75:1
Contrast with white10.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#393939
Inverted#AFD38B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0A3D76no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#1C3E72no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Tritanopia#4A3A4Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.75:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 10.1Midnight blue · ΔE 17.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.6Purple · ΔE 27.4Indigo · ΔE 27.4Slate blue · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 10.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#50742C
Analogous#2C2C74, #742C74
Triadic#74502C, #2C7450
Split complementary#74742C, #2C742C
Tetradic#742C2C, #50742C, #2C7474

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B695D7
Lighter +30%#9D70C9
Lighter +20%#834BBB
Lighter +10%#6A3A99
Darker −10%#371E4F
Darker −20%#1D102A
Darker −30%#030205
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#501888
Less saturated −25%#504060

Channel breakdown

R80
G44
B116
Red80 (31.4%)
Green44 (17.3%)
Blue116 (45.5%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)45%
Lightness31.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 50 · G 2C · B 74

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