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Recognised as Colour

#502FAC

  • #502FAC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#502FAC is a violet with RGB values 80, 47, 172 and HSL 256°, 57%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#502FAC#502FAC
HEX#502FAC
RGBrgb(80, 47, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.1843, 0.6745
RGB percentages31.4%, 18.4%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(255.8, 57.1%, 42.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.8, 72.7%, 67.5%)
CMYK53.5%, 72.7%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,255,084
CSS custom property--colour: #502FAC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06717WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness81.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.96:1
Contrast with white8.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F
Inverted#AFD053

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004CB0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0046AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Tritanopia#2C506Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.96:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 14.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.9Slate blue · ΔE 17.7Dark blue · ΔE 18.4Navy · ΔE 18.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 14.67, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8BAC2F
Analogous#2F4CAC, #8F2FAC
Triadic#AC502F, #2FAC50
Split complementary#AC8F2F, #4CAC2F
Tetradic#AC2F4C, #8BAC2F, #2FAC8F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C8BBEC
Lighter +30%#A793E1
Lighter +20%#876BD6
Lighter +10%#6743CB
Darker −10%#3D2484
Darker −20%#2B195C
Darker −30%#180E34
Darker −40%#05030C
More saturated +25%#4314C7
Less saturated −25%#5D4A91

Channel breakdown

R80
G47
B172
Red80 (31.4%)
Green47 (18.4%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue255.84°
Saturation (HSL)57.08%
Lightness42.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 50 · G 2F · B AC

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