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Recognised as Colour

#55325E

  • #55325E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#55325E is a violet with RGB values 85, 50, 94 and HSL 288°, 31%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#55325E#55325E
HEX#55325E
RGBrgb(85, 50, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.1961, 0.3686
RGB percentages33.3%, 19.6%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(287.7, 30.6%, 28.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287.7, 46.8%, 36.9%)
CMYK9.6%, 46.8%, 0%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,583,454
CSS custom property--colour: #55325E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05021WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness68.1 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#3D3D3D
Inverted#AACDA1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2B3D60no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#35415Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original
Tritanopia#553843no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever 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

Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.6Midnight blue · ΔE 32.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 33.6Dim grey · ΔE 35.9Slate grey · ΔE 38.2Purple · ΔE 38.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 22.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3B5E32
Analogous#3F325E, #5E3251
Triadic#5E5532, #325E55
Split complementary#515E32, #325E3F
Tetradic#5E3F32, #3B5E32, #32515E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BD95C7
Lighter +30%#A874B5
Lighter +20%#9155A1
Lighter +10%#73447F
Darker −10%#37203D
Darker −20%#190F1B
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#602070
Less saturated −25%#4A444C

Channel breakdown

R85
G50
B94
Red85 (33.3%)
Green50 (19.6%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue287.73°
Saturation (HSL)30.56%
Lightness28.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 55 · G 32 · B 5E

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