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Recognised as Colour

#51206F

  • #51206F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#51206F is a violet with RGB values 81, 32, 111 and HSL 277°, 55%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#51206F#51206F
HEX#51206F
RGBrgb(81, 32, 111)
RGB (0–1)0.3176, 0.1255, 0.4353
RGB percentages31.8%, 12.5%, 43.5%
HSLhsl(277.2, 55.2%, 28%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.2, 71.2%, 43.5%)
CMYK27%, 71.2%, 0%, 56.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,316,719
CSS custom property--colour: #51206F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0393WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness63 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.76:1
Contrast with white11.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#303030
Inverted#AEDF90

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003671no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#13396Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original
Tritanopia#4D3145no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.76:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 14.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.4Midnight blue · ΔE 16.3Indigo · ΔE 22.5Purple · ΔE 22.5Dark magenta · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 14.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3E6F20
Analogous#2A206F, #6F2065
Triadic#6F5120, #206F51
Split complementary#656F20, #206F2A
Tetradic#6F2A20, #3E6F20, #20656F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B880DB
Lighter +30%#A259CF
Lighter +20%#8B37BE
Lighter +10%#6E2B97
Darker −10%#341547
Darker −20%#170920
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#550E81
Less saturated −25%#4D325D

Channel breakdown

R81
G32
B111
Red81 (31.8%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue111 (43.5%)
Hue277.22°
Saturation (HSL)55.24%
Lightness28.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 51 · G 20 · B 6F

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