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Recognised as Colour

#533BB6

  • #533BB6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#533BB6 is a blue with RGB values 83, 59, 182 and HSL 252°, 51%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#533BB6#533BB6
HEX#533BB6
RGBrgb(83, 59, 182)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.2314, 0.7137
RGB percentages32.5%, 23.1%, 71.4%
HSLhsl(251.7, 51%, 47.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(251.7, 67.6%, 71.4%)
CMYK54.4%, 67.6%, 0%, 28.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,454,774
CSS custom property--colour: #533BB6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08344WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness88.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.87:1
Contrast with white7.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#494949
Inverted#ACC449

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0055BAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Deuteranopia#004EB4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Tritanopia#285A73no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.87:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 13.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.9Indigo · ΔE 18.7Royal blue · ΔE 21.5Navy · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 13.25, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9EB63B
Analogous#3B60B6, #913BB6
Triadic#B6533B, #3BB653
Split complementary#B6913B, #60B63B
Tetradic#B63B60, #9EB63B, #3BB691

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D4CEEF
Lighter +30%#B3A7E3
Lighter +20%#9281D6
Lighter +10%#705ACA
Darker −10%#412F8F
Darker −20%#302269
Darker −30%#1E1642
Darker −40%#0D091C
More saturated +25%#411DD4
Less saturated −25%#655998

Channel breakdown

R83
G59
B182
Red83 (32.5%)
Green59 (23.1%)
Blue182 (71.4%)
Hue251.71°
Saturation (HSL)51.04%
Lightness47.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 53 · G 3B · B B6

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