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Recognised as Colour

#53368A

  • #53368A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#53368A is a violet with RGB values 83, 54, 138 and HSL 261°, 44%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#53368A#53368A
HEX#53368A
RGBrgb(83, 54, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.2118, 0.5412
RGB percentages32.5%, 21.2%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(260.7, 43.7%, 37.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.7, 60.9%, 54.1%)
CMYK39.9%, 60.9%, 0%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,453,450
CSS custom property--colour: #53368A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06312WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness77.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.28:1
Contrast with white9.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#424242
Inverted#ACC975

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00488Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#114688no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Tritanopia#45485Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.28:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 6.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 11.5Midnight blue · ΔE 16Slate blue · ΔE 21.8Indigo · ΔE 23.9Medium purple · ΔE 26.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 6.73, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6D8A36
Analogous#36438A, #7D368A
Triadic#8A5336, #368A53
Split complementary#8A7D36, #438A36
Tetradic#8A3643, #6D8A36, #368A7D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BEADDF
Lighter +30%#A188D1
Lighter +20%#8464C2
Lighter +10%#6944AF
Darker −10%#3D2865
Darker −20%#271941
Darker −30%#110B1C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4C1EA2
Less saturated −25%#5A4E72

Channel breakdown

R83
G54
B138
Red83 (32.5%)
Green54 (21.2%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue260.71°
Saturation (HSL)43.75%
Lightness37.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 53 · G 36 · B 8A

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