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Recognised as Colour

#53218E

  • #53218E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#53218E is a violet with RGB values 83, 33, 142 and HSL 268°, 62%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#53218E#53218E
HEX#53218E
RGBrgb(83, 33, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.1294, 0.5569
RGB percentages32.5%, 12.9%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(267.5, 62.3%, 34.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.5, 76.8%, 55.7%)
CMYK41.5%, 76.8%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,448,078
CSS custom property--colour: #53218E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0488WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness70.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.63:1
Contrast with white10.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#333333
Inverted#ACDE71

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003E91no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#003D8Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original
Tritanopia#453D56no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.63:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 7.9Indigo · ΔE 9.1Midnight blue · ΔE 17.1Navy · ΔE 19.3Purple · ΔE 20.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 7.93, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5C8E21
Analogous#21268E, #8A218E
Triadic#8E5321, #218E53
Split complementary#8E8A21, #258E21
Tetradic#8E2125, #5C8E21, #218E8A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BA95E6
Lighter +30%#9F6BDD
Lighter +20%#8542D3
Lighter +10%#6B2BB7
Darker −10%#3B1765
Darker −20%#230E3B
Darker −30%#0A0412
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#510BA4
Less saturated −25%#553778

Channel breakdown

R83
G33
B142
Red83 (32.5%)
Green33 (12.9%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue267.52°
Saturation (HSL)62.29%
Lightness34.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 53 · G 21 · B 8E

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