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Recognised as Colour

#5126CD

  • #5126CD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5126CD is a violet with RGB values 81, 38, 205 and HSL 255°, 69%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#5126CD#5126CD
HEX#5126CD
RGBrgb(81, 38, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.3176, 0.149, 0.8039
RGB percentages31.8%, 14.9%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(255.4, 68.7%, 47.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.4, 81.5%, 80.4%)
CMYK60.5%, 81.5%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,318,349
CSS custom property--colour: #5126CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07543WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness87.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.37:1
Contrast with white8.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B
Inverted#AED932

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0052D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0048CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Tritanopia#005A7Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 87.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.37:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.2Medium blue · ΔE 17.5Dark violet · ΔE 19.6Dark orchid · ΔE 21.4Dark blue · ΔE 22.4Navy · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A2CD26
Analogous#264FCD, #A426CD
Triadic#CD5126, #26CD51
Split complementary#CDA426, #4FCD26
Tetradic#CD264F, #A2CD26, #26CDA4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D5CAF5
Lighter +30%#B39FED
Lighter +20%#9174E5
Lighter +10%#6F49DD
Darker −10%#401EA2
Darker −20%#2F1677
Darker −30%#1E0E4C
Darker −40%#0D0621
More saturated +25%#4208EB
Less saturated −25%#6044AF

Channel breakdown

R81
G38
B205
Red81 (31.8%)
Green38 (14.9%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue255.45°
Saturation (HSL)68.72%
Lightness47.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 51 · G 26 · B CD

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