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Recognised as Colour

#502D96

  • #502D96
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#502D96 is a violet with RGB values 80, 45, 150 and HSL 260°, 54%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#502D96#502D96
HEX#502D96
RGBrgb(80, 45, 150)
RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.1765, 0.5882
RGB percentages31.4%, 17.6%, 58.8%
HSLhsl(260, 53.8%, 38.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 70%, 58.8%)
CMYK46.7%, 70%, 0%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,254,550
CSS custom property--colour: #502D96;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05784WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness75.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.74:1
Contrast with white9.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C
Inverted#AFD269

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004599no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#004294no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Tritanopia#3B475Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.74:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 6.7Indigo · ΔE 13.9Midnight blue · ΔE 16Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.8Slate blue · ΔE 18.1Navy · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 6.68, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#73962D
Analogous#2D3F96, #842D96
Triadic#96502D, #2D9650
Split complementary#96852D, #3F962D
Tetradic#962D3F, #73962D, #2D9685

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BEAAE5
Lighter +30%#9F82DA
Lighter +20%#815BCE
Lighter +10%#6539BD
Darker −10%#3B216F
Darker −20%#261548
Darker −30%#110A20
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4815AE
Less saturated −25%#58457E

Channel breakdown

R80
G45
B150
Red80 (31.4%)
Green45 (17.6%)
Blue150 (58.8%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)53.85%
Lightness38.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 50 · G 2D · B 96

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