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Recognised as Colour

#53167A

  • #53167A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#53167A is a violet with RGB values 83, 22, 122 and HSL 277°, 69%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#53167A#53167A
HEX#53167A
RGBrgb(83, 22, 122)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.0863, 0.4784
RGB percentages32.5%, 8.6%, 47.8%
HSLhsl(276.6, 69.4%, 28.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.6, 82%, 47.8%)
CMYK32%, 82%, 0%, 52.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,445,242
CSS custom property--colour: #53167A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03818WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness63.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.91:1
Contrast with white11.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A
Inverted#ACE985

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00357Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#003778no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Tritanopia#4C3048no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.91:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 10.5Indigo · ΔE 11.9Midnight blue · ΔE 16Purple · ΔE 17.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.4Dark magenta · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 10.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3D7A16
Analogous#21167A, #7A166F
Triadic#7A5316, #167A53
Split complementary#6F7A16, #167A21
Tetradic#7A2116, #3D7A16, #166F7A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BA76E6
Lighter +30%#A54BDE
Lighter +20%#8E26D0
Lighter +10%#701EA5
Darker −10%#360E4F
Darker −20%#180624
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#57048C
Less saturated −25%#4F2868

Channel breakdown

R83
G22
B122
Red83 (32.5%)
Green22 (8.6%)
Blue122 (47.8%)
Hue276.6°
Saturation (HSL)69.44%
Lightness28.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 53 · G 16 · B 7A

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