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Recognised as Colour

#55335E

  • #55335E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#55335E is a violet with RGB values 85, 51, 94 and HSL 287°, 30%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#55335E#55335E
HEX#55335E
RGBrgb(85, 51, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.2, 0.3686
RGB percentages33.3%, 20%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(287.4, 29.7%, 28.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287.4, 45.7%, 36.9%)
CMYK9.6%, 45.7%, 0%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,583,710
CSS custom property--colour: #55335E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05107WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness68.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.39:1
Contrast with white10.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D
Inverted#AACCA1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2D3E60no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#36415Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Tritanopia#553844no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.39:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 23Midnight blue · ΔE 33.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 34.2Dim grey · ΔE 35.2Slate grey · ΔE 37.5Dark slate grey · ΔE 38.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 23.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3C5E33
Analogous#3F335E, #5E3352
Triadic#5E5533, #335E55
Split complementary#525E33, #335E3F
Tetradic#5E3F33, #3C5E33, #33525E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BC97C6
Lighter +30%#A776B4
Lighter +20%#9157A0
Lighter +10%#73457F
Darker −10%#37213D
Darker −20%#190F1C
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#602170
Less saturated −25%#4A454C

Channel breakdown

R85
G51
B94
Red85 (33.3%)
Green51 (20%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue287.44°
Saturation (HSL)29.66%
Lightness28.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 55 · G 33 · B 5E

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