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Recognised as Colour

#502E5C

  • #502E5C
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#502E5C is a violet with RGB values 80, 46, 92 and HSL 284°, 33%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#502E5C#502E5C
HEX#502E5C
RGBrgb(80, 46, 92)
RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.1804, 0.3608
RGB percentages31.4%, 18%, 36.1%
HSLhsl(284.3, 33.3%, 27.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284.3, 50%, 36.1%)
CMYK13%, 50%, 0%, 63.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,254,748
CSS custom property--colour: #502E5C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04432WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness64.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.13:1
Contrast with white11.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#393939
Inverted#AFD1A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#26395Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#2F3C5Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Tritanopia#503440no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.13:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.6Midnight blue · ΔE 30.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 32.6Dim grey · ΔE 37.8Purple · ΔE 37.9Slate grey · ΔE 40
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 21.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3A5C2E
Analogous#392E5C, #5C2E51
Triadic#5C502E, #2E5C50
Split complementary#515C2E, #2E5C39
Tetradic#5C392E, #3A5C2E, #2E515C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B88FC7
Lighter +30%#A36DB6
Lighter +20%#8B50A0
Lighter +10%#6E3F7E
Darker −10%#321D3A
Darker −20%#150C18
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#581D6D
Less saturated −25%#483F4B

Channel breakdown

R80
G46
B92
Red80 (31.4%)
Green46 (18%)
Blue92 (36.1%)
Hue284.35°
Saturation (HSL)33.33%
Lightness27.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 50 · G 2E · B 5C

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