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Recognised as Colour

#503C82

  • #503C82
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#503C82 is a violet with RGB values 80, 60, 130 and HSL 257°, 37%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#503C82#503C82
HEX#503C82
RGBrgb(80, 60, 130)
RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.2353, 0.5098
RGB percentages31.4%, 23.5%, 51%
HSLhsl(257.1, 36.8%, 37.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.1, 53.8%, 51%)
CMYK38.5%, 53.8%, 0%, 49%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,258,370
CSS custom property--colour: #503C82;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06549WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness77.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.09:1
Contrast with white9.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#454545
Inverted#AFC37D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1F4984no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#244780no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original
Tritanopia#444A59no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.09:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 5.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.1Midnight blue · ΔE 20.6Slate blue · ΔE 27.6Medium purple · ΔE 29.8Indigo · ΔE 32.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 5.5, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6E823C
Analogous#3C4B82, #733C82
Triadic#82503C, #3C8250
Split complementary#82733C, #4B823C
Tetradic#823C4B, #6E823C, #3C8273

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BCB0DA
Lighter +30%#9E8DCA
Lighter +20%#816ABA
Lighter +10%#654CA5
Darker −10%#3B2C5F
Darker −20%#251C3C
Darker −30%#100C19
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#46249A
Less saturated −25%#5A546A

Channel breakdown

R80
G60
B130
Red80 (31.4%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue130 (51%)
Hue257.14°
Saturation (HSL)36.84%
Lightness37.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 50 · G 3C · B 82

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