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Recognised as Colour

#53177E

  • #53177E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#53177E is a violet with RGB values 83, 23, 126 and HSL 275°, 69%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#53177E#53177E
HEX#53177E
RGBrgb(83, 23, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.0902, 0.4941
RGB percentages32.5%, 9%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(275, 69.1%, 29.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275, 81.7%, 49.4%)
CMYK34.1%, 81.7%, 0%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,445,502
CSS custom property--colour: #53177E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03958WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness64.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.72:1
Contrast with white11.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B
Inverted#ACE881

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003681no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#00387Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Tritanopia#4B324Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.72:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 9.8Indigo · ΔE 10.3Midnight blue · ΔE 16.1Purple · ΔE 17.5Dark magenta · ΔE 20.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 9.8, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#427E17
Analogous#1F177E, #7E1776
Triadic#7E5317, #177E53
Split complementary#767E17, #177E1F
Tetradic#7E1F17, #427E17, #17767E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B97AE7
Lighter +30%#A34FDF
Lighter +20%#8C27D4
Lighter +10%#6F1FA9
Darker −10%#370F53
Darker −20%#1A0728
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#560491
Less saturated −25%#502A6B

Channel breakdown

R83
G23
B126
Red83 (32.5%)
Green23 (9%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue274.95°
Saturation (HSL)69.13%
Lightness29.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 53 · G 17 · B 7E

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