Recognised as Colour

#540F82

#540F82
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#540F82 is a violet with RGB values 84, 15, 130 and HSL 276°, 79%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#540F82

RGBrgb(84, 15, 130)

RGB (0–1)0.3294, 0.0588, 0.5098

RGB percentages32.9%, 5.9%, 51%

HSLhsl(276, 79.3%, 28.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(276, 88.5%, 51%)

CMYK35.4%, 88.5%, 0%, 49%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,508,994

CSS custom property--colour: #540F82;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03838WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness64.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.88:1

Contrast with white11.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#262626

Inverted#ABF07D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003585no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30 from the original

Deuteranopia#003780no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original

Tritanopia#4B314Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 5.8 Rebecca purple · ΔE 11.7 Purple · ΔE 17.2 Navy · ΔE 18.9 Midnight blue · ΔE 18.9 Dark magenta · ΔE 19.3

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 5.75, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#3D820F

Analogous#1A0F82, #820F77

Triadic#82540F, #0F8254

Split complementary#76820F, #0F821B

Tetradic#821B0F, #3D820F, #0F7682

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#BB6FEE

Lighter +30%#A641E9

Lighter +20%#8F1ADD

Lighter +10%#7214B0

Darker −10%#360A54

Darker −20%#190427

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#570091

Less saturated −25%#502170

Channel breakdown

R84

G15

B130

Red84 (32.9%)

Green15 (5.9%)

Blue130 (51%)

Hue276°

Saturation (HSL)79.31%

Lightness28.43%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 54 · G 0F · B 82

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