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Colour

#503B77

  • #503B77
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#503B77 is a violet with RGB values 80, 59, 119 and HSL 261°, 34%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#503B77#503B77
HEX#503B77
RGBrgb(80, 59, 119)
RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.2314, 0.4667
RGB percentages31.4%, 23.1%, 46.7%
HSLhsl(261, 33.7%, 34.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261, 50.4%, 46.7%)
CMYK32.8%, 50.4%, 0%, 53.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,258,103
CSS custom property--colour: #503B77;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06165WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness74.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.4:1
Contrast with white9.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#444444
Inverted#AFC488

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#274679no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#2C4676no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Tritanopia#484653no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.4:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 11.3Midnight blue · ΔE 24.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.4Slate blue · ΔE 33.3Medium purple · ΔE 34.2Steel blue · ΔE 35.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 11.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#62773B
Analogous#3B4477, #6E3B77
Triadic#77503B, #3B7750
Split complementary#776E3B, #44773B
Tetradic#773B44, #62773B, #3B776E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B9A9D5
Lighter +30%#9C87C4
Lighter +20%#8065B3
Lighter +10%#674C99
Darker −10%#392A55
Darker −20%#221933
Darker −30%#0B0811
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#49258D
Less saturated −25%#575161

Channel breakdown

R80
G59
B119
Red80 (31.4%)
Green59 (23.1%)
Blue119 (46.7%)
Hue261°
Saturation (HSL)33.71%
Lightness34.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 50 · G 3B · B 77

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