Colour

#5200A9

#5200A9
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#5200A9 is a violet with RGB values 82, 0, 169 and HSL 269°, 100%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

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HEX#5200A9

RGBrgb(82, 0, 169)

RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0, 0.6627

RGB percentages32.2%, 0%, 66.3%

HSLhsl(269.1, 100%, 33.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(269.1, 100%, 66.3%)

CMYK51.5%, 100%, 0%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,374,121

CSS custom property--colour: #5200A9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04658WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness72.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.87:1

Contrast with white10.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E

Inverted#ADFF56

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003FADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#003AA6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original

Tritanopia#354062no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 15.3 Indigo · ΔE 18.8 Navy · ΔE 19 Blue violet · ΔE 19.6 Dark orchid · ΔE 20 Dark violet · ΔE 20.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 15.29, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#57A900

Analogous#0003A9, #A700A9

Triadic#A95200, #00A952

Split complementary#A9A600, #03A900

Tetradic#A90002, #57A900, #00A9A6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B876FF

Lighter +30%#9E43FF

Lighter +20%#8410FF

Lighter +10%#6B00DC

Darker −10%#390076

Darker −20%#210043

Darker −30%#080010

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5200A9

Less saturated −25%#531594

Channel breakdown

R82

B169

Red82 (32.2%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue169 (66.3%)

Hue269.11°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness33.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 52 · G 00 · B A9

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