Recognised as Colour

#55247D

#55247D
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#55247D is a violet with RGB values 85, 36, 125 and HSL 273°, 55%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#55247D

RGBrgb(85, 36, 125)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.1412, 0.4902

RGB percentages33.3%, 14.1%, 49%

HSLhsl(273, 55.3%, 31.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(273, 71.2%, 49%)

CMYK32%, 71.2%, 0%, 51%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,579,901

CSS custom property--colour: #55247D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04674WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness68.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.85:1

Contrast with white10.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#353535

Inverted#AADB82

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003C80no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#063D7Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original

Tritanopia#4E384Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 9.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 14.6 Midnight blue · ΔE 15.1 Indigo · ΔE 17.7 Purple · ΔE 20.2 Dark magenta · ΔE 24

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 9.67, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4C7D24

Analogous#28247D, #7D2479

Triadic#7D5524, #247D55

Split complementary#797D24, #247D28

Tetradic#7D2924, #4C7D24, #24797D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BB8EDF

Lighter +30%#A267D3

Lighter +20%#8A3FC8

Lighter +10%#702FA5

Darker −10%#3A1955

Darker −20%#1F0D2E

Darker −30%#040206

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#571091

Less saturated −25%#533869

Channel breakdown

R85

G36

B125

Red85 (33.3%)

Green36 (14.1%)

Blue125 (49%)

Hue273.03°

Saturation (HSL)55.28%

Lightness31.57%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 55 · G 24 · B 7D

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