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Recognised as Colour

#53307B

  • #53307B
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#53307B is a violet with RGB values 83, 48, 123 and HSL 268°, 44%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#53307B#53307B
HEX#53307B
RGBrgb(83, 48, 123)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.1882, 0.4824
RGB percentages32.5%, 18.8%, 48.2%
HSLhsl(268, 43.9%, 33.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268, 61%, 48.2%)
CMYK32.5%, 61%, 0%, 51.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,451,899
CSS custom property--colour: #53307B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05383WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness71.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.11:1
Contrast with white10.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D
Inverted#ACCF84

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0C417Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#1D4179no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Tritanopia#4B3F50no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.11:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 8.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.7Midnight blue · ΔE 17.4Indigo · ΔE 26.6Purple · ΔE 26.9Slate blue · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 8.54, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#587B30
Analogous#30337B, #79307B
Triadic#7B5330, #307B53
Split complementary#7B7930, #337B30
Tetradic#7B3033, #587B30, #307B79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BA9ED9
Lighter +30%#9F79CB
Lighter +20%#8555BC
Lighter +10%#6C3EA0
Darker −10%#3A2256
Darker −20%#211332
Darker −30%#09050D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#521B90
Less saturated −25%#544566

Channel breakdown

R83
G48
B123
Red83 (32.5%)
Green48 (18.8%)
Blue123 (48.2%)
Hue268°
Saturation (HSL)43.86%
Lightness33.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 53 · G 30 · B 7B

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