Colour

#5320AB

#5320AB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#5320AB is a violet with RGB values 83, 32, 171 and HSL 262°, 68%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#5320AB#5320AB

HEX#5320AB

RGBrgb(83, 32, 171)

RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.1255, 0.6706

RGB percentages32.5%, 12.5%, 67.1%

HSLhsl(262, 68.5%, 39.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(262, 81.3%, 67.1%)

CMYK51.5%, 81.3%, 0%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,447,851

CSS custom property--colour: #5320AB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05812WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness77.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.71:1

Contrast with white9.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#353535

Inverted#ACDF54

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0046AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#0041A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.8 from the original

Tritanopia#344966no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 14.2 Dark blue · ΔE 15 Navy · ΔE 16.9 Dark orchid · ΔE 19.3 Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.6 Blue violet · ΔE 23.6

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 14.19, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#78AB20

Analogous#2033AB, #9820AB

Triadic#AB5320, #20AB53

Split complementary#AB9920, #32AB20

Tetradic#AB2033, #78AB20, #20AB98

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C2A8EF

Lighter +30%#A47DE7

Lighter +20%#8652DF

Lighter +10%#6828D6

Darker −10%#3E1880

Darker −20%#291055

Darker −30%#14082A

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4C07C4

Less saturated −25%#5A3992

Channel breakdown

R83

G32

B171

Red83 (32.5%)

Green32 (12.5%)

Blue171 (67.1%)

Hue262.01°

Saturation (HSL)68.47%

Lightness39.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 53 · G 20 · B AB

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