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Recognised as Colour

#533F8E

  • #533F8E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#533F8E is a violet with RGB values 83, 63, 142 and HSL 255°, 39%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#533F8E#533F8E
HEX#533F8E
RGBrgb(83, 63, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.2471, 0.5569
RGB percentages32.5%, 24.7%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(255.2, 38.5%, 40.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.2, 55.6%, 55.7%)
CMYK41.5%, 55.6%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,455,758
CSS custom property--colour: #533F8E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07347WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness81.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.5:1
Contrast with white8.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#494949
Inverted#ACC071

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1A4E91no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#1E4B8Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Tritanopia#435060no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 3.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.7Midnight blue · ΔE 19.1Slate blue · ΔE 22.4Medium purple · ΔE 25.6Royal blue · ΔE 28.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 3.11, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7A8E3F
Analogous#3F538E, #7A3F8E
Triadic#8E533F, #3F8E53
Split complementary#8E7A3F, #538E3F
Tetradic#8E3F53, #7A8E3F, #3F8E7B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C3B9E0
Lighter +30%#A596D0
Lighter +20%#8672C1
Lighter +10%#684FB1
Darker −10%#3E2F6B
Darker −20%#2A2047
Darker −30%#151024
Darker −40%#000001
More saturated +25%#4625A8
Less saturated −25%#605974

Channel breakdown

R83
G63
B142
Red83 (32.5%)
Green63 (24.7%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue255.19°
Saturation (HSL)38.54%
Lightness40.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 53 · G 3F · B 8E

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