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Recognised as Colour

#53349D

  • #53349D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#53349D is a violet with RGB values 83, 52, 157 and HSL 258°, 50%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#53349D#53349D
HEX#53349D
RGBrgb(83, 52, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.2039, 0.6157
RGB percentages32.5%, 20.4%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(257.7, 50.2%, 41%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.7, 66.9%, 61.6%)
CMYK47.1%, 66.9%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,452,957
CSS custom property--colour: #53349D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06729WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness80.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.95:1
Contrast with white8.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#424242
Inverted#ACCB62

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004BA0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#00479Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Tritanopia#3C4D64no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.95:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 6.6Slate blue · ΔE 15.5Indigo · ΔE 16.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.9Midnight blue · ΔE 17.4Navy · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 6.59, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7E9D34
Analogous#34499D, #88349D
Triadic#9D5334, #349D53
Split complementary#9D8834, #4A9D34
Tetradic#9D3449, #7E9D34, #349D88

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C5B6E7
Lighter +30%#A690DA
Lighter +20%#876ACD
Lighter +10%#6843C1
Darker −10%#3F2777
Darker −20%#2A1B50
Darker −30%#160E2A
Darker −40%#020104
More saturated +25%#481AB7
Less saturated −25%#5E4E83

Channel breakdown

R83
G52
B157
Red83 (32.5%)
Green52 (20.4%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue257.71°
Saturation (HSL)50.24%
Lightness40.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 53 · G 34 · B 9D

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