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Recognised as Colour

#57455D

  • #57455D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#57455D is a violet with RGB values 87, 69, 93 and HSL 285°, 15%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#57455D#57455D
HEX#57455D
RGBrgb(87, 69, 93)
RGB (0–1)0.3412, 0.2706, 0.3647
RGB percentages34.1%, 27.1%, 36.5%
HSLhsl(285, 14.8%, 31.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285, 25.8%, 36.5%)
CMYK6.5%, 25.8%, 0%, 63.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,719,389
CSS custom property--colour: #57455D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07073WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness77.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.7:1
Contrast with white8.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B
Inverted#A8BAA2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#424A5Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#464C5Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Tritanopia#57484Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.7:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 21Dark slate grey · ΔE 25.5Slate grey · ΔE 25.6Gray · ΔE 27.5Light slate grey · ΔE 28.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 33.6
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 21.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4B5D45
Analogous#4B455D, #5D4557
Triadic#5D5745, #455D57
Split complementary#575D45, #455D4B
Tetradic#5D4B45, #4B5D45, #45575D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BCACC2
Lighter +30%#A58FAC
Lighter +20%#8D7296
Lighter +10%#725B7A
Darker −10%#3C2F40
Darker −20%#201A22
Darker −30%#050405
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#613171
Less saturated −25%#515151

Channel breakdown

R87
G69
B93
Red87 (34.1%)
Green69 (27.1%)
Blue93 (36.5%)
Hue285°
Saturation (HSL)14.81%
Lightness31.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 57 · G 45 · B 5D

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