Recognised as Colour

#803C53

#803C53
Red
Dark
Nearest: Pale violetred

#803C53 is a red with RGB values 128, 60, 83 and HSL 340°, 36%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

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HEX#803C53

RGBrgb(128, 60, 83)

RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.2353, 0.3255

RGB percentages50.2%, 23.5%, 32.5%

HSLhsl(339.7, 36.2%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(339.7, 53.1%, 50.2%)

CMYK0%, 53.1%, 35.2%, 49.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,404,051

CSS custom property--colour: #803C53;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08445WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness88.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.81:1

Contrast with white7.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C

Inverted#7FC3AC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#474A54no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#585751no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original

Tritanopia#893744no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 29 Indian red · ΔE 31.5 Rosy brown · ΔE 33 Dim grey · ΔE 33.4 Brown · ΔE 35.3 Sienna · ΔE 36.8

Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 29.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3C8069

Analogous#803C75, #80473C

Triadic#53803C, #3C5380

Split complementary#3C8047, #3C7580

Tetradic#75803C, #3C8069, #473C80

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D9AFBD

Lighter +30%#C98CA1

Lighter +20%#B96984

Lighter +10%#A34C6A

Darker −10%#5D2C3C

Darker −20%#3B1B26

Darker −30%#180B0F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#98254B

Less saturated −25%#69545B

Channel breakdown

R128

G60

B83

Red128 (50.2%)

Green60 (23.5%)

Blue83 (32.5%)

Hue339.71°

Saturation (HSL)36.17%

Lightness36.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 80 · G 3C · B 53

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