Recognised as Colour

#53186E

#53186E
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#53186E is a violet with RGB values 83, 24, 110 and HSL 281°, 64%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#53186E

RGBrgb(83, 24, 110)

RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.0941, 0.4314

RGB percentages32.5%, 9.4%, 43.1%

HSLhsl(281.2, 64.2%, 26.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(281.2, 78.2%, 43.1%)

CMYK24.5%, 78.2%, 0%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,445,742

CSS custom property--colour: #53186E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03618WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness61.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.18:1

Contrast with white12.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B

Inverted#ACE791

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003370no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30 from the original

Deuteranopia#0D376Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original

Tritanopia#502C42no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.5 Midnight blue · ΔE 16.8 Dark slateblue · ΔE 18 Indigo · ΔE 19.2 Purple · ΔE 19.2 Dark magenta · ΔE 23.7

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 14.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#336E18

Analogous#28186E, #6E185E

Triadic#6E5318, #186E53

Split complementary#5E6E18, #186E28

Tetradic#6E2818, #336E18, #185E6E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#BE72E0

Lighter +30%#AA48D7

Lighter +20%#922AC2

Lighter +10%#732198

Darker −10%#330F44

Darker −20%#14061A

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#59077F

Less saturated −25%#4D295D

Channel breakdown

R83

G24

B110

Red83 (32.5%)

Green24 (9.4%)

Blue110 (43.1%)

Hue281.16°

Saturation (HSL)64.18%

Lightness26.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 53 · G 18 · B 6E

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