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Recognised as Colour

#53365E

  • #53365E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#53365E is a violet with RGB values 83, 54, 94 and HSL 284°, 27%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#53365E#53365E
HEX#53365E
RGBrgb(83, 54, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.2118, 0.3686
RGB percentages32.5%, 21.2%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(283.5, 27%, 29%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.5, 42.6%, 36.9%)
CMYK11.7%, 42.6%, 0%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,453,406
CSS custom property--colour: #53365E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05285WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness69.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.21:1
Contrast with white10.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F
Inverted#ACC9A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#303F5Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#37425Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Tritanopia#533B45no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.21:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.1Dim grey · ΔE 32.8Midnight blue · ΔE 34.6Slate grey · ΔE 35.3Dark slate grey · ΔE 36.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 36.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 24.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#415E36
Analogous#3F365E, #5E3655
Triadic#5E5336, #365E53
Split complementary#555E36, #365E3F
Tetradic#5E3F36, #415E36, #36555E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BA9BC5
Lighter +30%#A37AB3
Lighter +20%#8C5B9F
Lighter +10%#70497E
Darker −10%#36233E
Darker −20%#1A111D
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5B2471
Less saturated −25%#4B494C

Channel breakdown

R83
G54
B94
Red83 (32.5%)
Green54 (21.2%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue283.5°
Saturation (HSL)27.03%
Lightness29.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 53 · G 36 · B 5E

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