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Recognised as Colour

#53319D

  • #53319D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#53319D is a violet with RGB values 83, 49, 157 and HSL 259°, 52%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#53319D#53319D
HEX#53319D
RGBrgb(83, 49, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.1922, 0.6157
RGB percentages32.5%, 19.2%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(258.9, 52.4%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.9, 68.8%, 61.6%)
CMYK47.1%, 68.8%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,452,189
CSS custom property--colour: #53319D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0647WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness79.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.15:1
Contrast with white9.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#404040
Inverted#ACCE62

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0049A0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#00469Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Tritanopia#3D4C63no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.15:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 7Indigo · ΔE 14.6Slate blue · ΔE 16.2Midnight blue · ΔE 17.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.9Navy · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 6.98, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7B9D31
Analogous#31459D, #89319D
Triadic#9D5331, #319D53
Split complementary#9D8931, #459D31
Tetradic#9D3145, #7B9D31, #319D89

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C3B3E7
Lighter +30%#A58CDB
Lighter +20%#8665CF
Lighter +10%#683EC3
Darker −10%#3E2576
Darker −20%#2A194F
Darker −30%#150D28
Darker −40%#010002
More saturated +25%#4917B7
Less saturated −25%#5D4B83

Channel breakdown

R83
G49
B157
Red83 (32.5%)
Green49 (19.2%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue258.89°
Saturation (HSL)52.43%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 53 · G 31 · B 9D

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