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Recognised as Colour

#53156A

  • #53156A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#53156A is a violet with RGB values 83, 21, 106 and HSL 284°, 67%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#53156A#53156A
HEX#53156A
RGBrgb(83, 21, 106)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.0824, 0.4157
RGB percentages32.5%, 8.2%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(283.8, 66.9%, 24.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.8, 80.2%, 41.6%)
CMYK21.7%, 80.2%, 0%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,444,970
CSS custom property--colour: #53156A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03416WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness60 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.48:1
Contrast with white12.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#282828
Inverted#ACEA95

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00306Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30 from the original
Deuteranopia#103568no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Tritanopia#51283Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.48:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.9Midnight blue · ΔE 17.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 19Purple · ΔE 19.2Indigo · ΔE 20.1Dark magenta · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 15.95, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2C6A15
Analogous#29156A, #6A1557
Triadic#6A5315, #156A53
Split complementary#576A15, #156A28
Tetradic#6A2815, #2C6A15, #15576A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C16AE1
Lighter +30%#AF3FD9
Lighter +20%#9626BF
Lighter +10%#741D95
Darker −10%#320D3F
Darker −20%#100415
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5A057A
Less saturated −25%#4C255A

Channel breakdown

R83
G21
B106
Red83 (32.5%)
Green21 (8.2%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue283.76°
Saturation (HSL)66.93%
Lightness24.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 53 · G 15 · B 6A

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