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Recognised as Colour

#53127B

  • #53127B
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#53127B is a violet with RGB values 83, 18, 123 and HSL 277°, 74%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#53127B#53127B
HEX#53127B
RGBrgb(83, 18, 123)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.0706, 0.4824
RGB percentages32.5%, 7.1%, 48.2%
HSLhsl(277.1, 74.5%, 27.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.1, 85.4%, 48.2%)
CMYK32.5%, 85.4%, 0%, 51.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,444,219
CSS custom property--colour: #53127B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03702WCAG 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 12.07:1
Contrast with white12.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#272727
Inverted#ACED84

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00347Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#003779no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original
Tritanopia#4C2F48no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.07:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 9.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 11Midnight blue · ΔE 16.8Purple · ΔE 16.8Dark magenta · ΔE 20Navy · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 9.87, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3A7B12
Analogous#1E127B, #7B126F
Triadic#7B5312, #127B53
Split complementary#6F7B12, #127B1E
Tetradic#7B1E12, #3A7B12, #126F7B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BB6FEA
Lighter +30%#A643E3
Lighter +20%#8F1FD4
Lighter +10%#7119A7
Darker −10%#350B4F
Darker −20%#170522
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#57008D
Less saturated −25%#4F2469

Channel breakdown

R83
G18
B123
Red83 (32.5%)
Green18 (7.1%)
Blue123 (48.2%)
Hue277.14°
Saturation (HSL)74.47%
Lightness27.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 53 · G 12 · B 7B

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