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Recognised as Colour

#503B56

  • #503B56
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#503B56 is a violet with RGB values 80, 59, 86 and HSL 287°, 19%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#503B56#503B56
HEX#503B56
RGBrgb(80, 59, 86)
RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.2314, 0.3373
RGB percentages31.4%, 23.1%, 33.7%
HSLhsl(286.7, 18.6%, 28.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286.7, 31.4%, 33.7%)
CMYK7%, 31.4%, 0%, 66.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,258,070
CSS custom property--colour: #503B56;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05505WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness69.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.99:1
Contrast with white9.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#AFC4A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#384157no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#3C4355no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original
Tritanopia#503E45no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.99:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 25.4Dark slate grey · ΔE 28.2Slate grey · ΔE 30Dark slateblue · ΔE 31.6Gray · ΔE 32.1Light slate grey · ΔE 32.6
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 25.4, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#41563B
Analogous#433B56, #563B4E
Triadic#56503B, #3B5650
Split complementary#4E563B, #3B5643
Tetradic#56433B, #41563B, #3B4E56

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B7A0BD
Lighter +30%#A081A9
Lighter +20%#886592
Lighter +10%#6C5074
Darker −10%#342638
Darker −20%#18111A
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5A2968
Less saturated −25%#494949

Channel breakdown

R80
G59
B86
Red80 (31.4%)
Green59 (23.1%)
Blue86 (33.7%)
Hue286.67°
Saturation (HSL)18.62%
Lightness28.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 50 · G 3B · B 56

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