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Recognised as Colour

#8053D5

  • #8053D5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#8053D5 is a violet with RGB values 128, 83, 213 and HSL 261°, 61%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#8053D5#8053D5
HEX#8053D5
RGBrgb(128, 83, 213)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.3255, 0.8353
RGB percentages50.2%, 32.5%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(260.8, 60.7%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.8, 61%, 83.5%)
CMYK39.9%, 61%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,410,069
CSS custom property--colour: #8053D5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1558WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.1:1
Contrast with white5.1:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#666666
Inverted#7FAC2A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006FD9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#076CD2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original
Tritanopia#6A708Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.1:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.12:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 9.6Slate blue · ΔE 11.3Medium purple · ΔE 16.9Dark orchid · ΔE 18.4Medium orchid · ΔE 19.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 9.59, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A8D553
Analogous#5367D5, #C153D5
Triadic#D58053, #53D580
Split complementary#D5C153, #67D553
Tetradic#D55367, #A8D553, #53D5C1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9F7FD
Lighter +30%#DBCEF3
Lighter +20%#BDA5E9
Lighter +10%#9E7CDF
Darker −10%#6430C5
Darker −20%#4F269C
Darker −30%#3A1C73
Darker −40%#25124A
More saturated +25%#7838F0
Less saturated −25%#886EBA

Channel breakdown

R128
G83
B213
Red128 (50.2%)
Green83 (32.5%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue260.77°
Saturation (HSL)60.75%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 53 · B D5

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