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Recognised as Colour

#502F97

  • #502F97
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#502F97 is a violet with RGB values 80, 47, 151 and HSL 259°, 53%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#502F97#502F97
HEX#502F97
RGBrgb(80, 47, 151)
RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.1843, 0.5922
RGB percentages31.4%, 18.4%, 59.2%
HSLhsl(259, 52.5%, 38.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259, 68.9%, 59.2%)
CMYK47%, 68.9%, 0%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,255,063
CSS custom property--colour: #502F97;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05973WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness76.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.57:1
Contrast with white9.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E
Inverted#AFD068

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00479Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#004395no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Tritanopia#3B495Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.57:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 6.6Indigo · ΔE 14.8Midnight blue · ΔE 15.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 17Slate blue · ΔE 17.5Navy · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 6.6, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#76972F
Analogous#2F4297, #842F97
Triadic#97502F, #2F9750
Split complementary#97842F, #42972F
Tetradic#972F42, #76972F, #2F9784

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BFADE5
Lighter +30%#A086D9
Lighter +20%#825FCD
Lighter +10%#653BBE
Darker −10%#3B2370
Darker −20%#271749
Darker −30%#120B22
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4716B0
Less saturated −25%#59487E

Channel breakdown

R80
G47
B151
Red80 (31.4%)
Green47 (18.4%)
Blue151 (59.2%)
Hue259.04°
Saturation (HSL)52.53%
Lightness38.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 50 · G 2F · B 97

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