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Recognised as Colour

#50308A

  • #50308A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#50308A is a violet with RGB values 80, 48, 138 and HSL 261°, 48%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#50308A#50308A
HEX#50308A
RGBrgb(80, 48, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.1882, 0.5412
RGB percentages31.4%, 18.8%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(261.3, 48.4%, 36.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.3, 65.2%, 54.1%)
CMYK42%, 65.2%, 0%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,255,306
CSS custom property--colour: #50308A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05654WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness73.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.86:1
Contrast with white9.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D
Inverted#AFCF75

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00448Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#004288no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Tritanopia#414558no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.86:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 8.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 10.3Midnight blue · ΔE 14Indigo · ΔE 19.8Slate blue · ΔE 21Purple · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 8.75, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6A8A30
Analogous#303D8A, #7D308A
Triadic#8A5030, #308A50
Split complementary#8A7D30, #3D8A30
Tetradic#8A303D, #6A8A30, #308A7D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BBA6E0
Lighter +30%#9E80D3
Lighter +20%#805AC6
Lighter +10%#663DB0
Darker −10%#3A2364
Darker −20%#24163E
Darker −30%#0E0918
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4919A1
Less saturated −25%#574773

Channel breakdown

R80
G48
B138
Red80 (31.4%)
Green48 (18.8%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue261.33°
Saturation (HSL)48.39%
Lightness36.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 50 · G 30 · B 8A

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