Colour

#55297E

#55297E
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#55297E is a violet with RGB values 85, 41, 126 and HSL 271°, 51%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#55297E

RGBrgb(85, 41, 126)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.1608, 0.4941

RGB percentages33.3%, 16.1%, 49.4%

HSLhsl(271.1, 50.9%, 32.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(271.1, 67.5%, 49.4%)

CMYK32.5%, 67.5%, 0%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,581,182

CSS custom property--colour: #55297E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05024WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness70.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.48:1

Contrast with white10.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#383838

Inverted#AAD681

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003E81no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#0F3F7Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original

Tritanopia#4D3B4Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 10.6 Dark slateblue · ΔE 12.1 Midnight blue · ΔE 15.4 Indigo · ΔE 20.3 Purple · ΔE 22.1 Slate blue · ΔE 25.4

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 10.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#527E29

Analogous#2A297E, #7E297D

Triadic#7E5529, #297E55

Split complementary#7C7E29, #297E2A

Tetradic#7E2A29, #527E29, #297D7E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BB96DD

Lighter +30%#A270D0

Lighter +20%#8949C4

Lighter +10%#6F36A4

Darker −10%#3B1C58

Darker −20%#211031

Darker −30%#07030B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#561493

Less saturated −25%#543E69

Channel breakdown

R85

G41

B126

Red85 (33.3%)

Green41 (16.1%)

Blue126 (49.4%)

Hue271.06°

Saturation (HSL)50.9%

Lightness32.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 55 · G 29 · B 7E

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