Recognised as Colour

#542FAA

#542FAA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#542FAA is a violet with RGB values 84, 47, 170 and HSL 258°, 57%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#542FAA#542FAA

HEX#542FAA

RGBrgb(84, 47, 170)

RGB (0–1)0.3294, 0.1843, 0.6667

RGB percentages32.9%, 18.4%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(258, 56.7%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(258, 72.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK50.6%, 72.4%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,517,226

CSS custom property--colour: #542FAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0682WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness81.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.88:1

Contrast with white8.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#404040

Inverted#ABD055

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004CAEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original

Deuteranopia#0047A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original

Tritanopia#364F69no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.3 Indigo · ΔE 14 Slate blue · ΔE 17.3 Navy · ΔE 19.1 Dark blue · ΔE 19.3 Medium slateblue · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 13.29, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#85AA2F

Analogous#2F48AA, #912FAA

Triadic#AA542F, #2FAA54

Split complementary#AA922F, #47AA2F

Tetradic#AA2F48, #85AA2F, #2FAA91

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C8B9EC

Lighter +30%#A991E1

Lighter +20%#8A69D6

Lighter +10%#6B41CB

Darker −10%#402482

Darker −20%#2D195A

Darker −30%#190E32

Darker −40%#05030A

More saturated +25%#4914C5

Less saturated −25%#5F4A8F

Channel breakdown

R84

G47

B170

Red84 (32.9%)

Green47 (18.4%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue258.05°

Saturation (HSL)56.68%

Lightness42.55%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 54 · G 2F · B AA

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