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Recognised as Colour

#513E7B

  • #513E7B
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#513E7B is a violet with RGB values 81, 62, 123 and HSL 259°, 33%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#513E7B#513E7B
HEX#513E7B
RGBrgb(81, 62, 123)
RGB (0–1)0.3176, 0.2431, 0.4824
RGB percentages31.8%, 24.3%, 48.2%
HSLhsl(258.7, 33%, 36.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.7, 49.6%, 48.2%)
CMYK34.1%, 49.6%, 0%, 51.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,324,411
CSS custom property--colour: #513E7B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06625WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness77.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.03:1
Contrast with white9.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#464646
Inverted#AEC184

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#29497Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#2D487Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Tritanopia#484A56no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 10.6Midnight blue · ΔE 24.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.2Slate blue · ΔE 32.4Medium purple · ΔE 33.2Steel blue · ΔE 34.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 10.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#687B3E
Analogous#3E497B, #703E7B
Triadic#7B513E, #3E7B51
Split complementary#7B6F3E, #4A7B3E
Tetradic#7B3E49, #687B3E, #3E7B70

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BBAFD6
Lighter +30%#9E8DC5
Lighter +20%#826BB4
Lighter +10%#674F9D
Darker −10%#3B2D59
Darker −20%#241C37
Darker −30%#0E0B15
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#482792
Less saturated −25%#5A5564

Channel breakdown

R81
G62
B123
Red81 (31.8%)
Green62 (24.3%)
Blue123 (48.2%)
Hue258.69°
Saturation (HSL)32.97%
Lightness36.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 51 · G 3E · B 7B

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