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Recognised as Colour

#5200DF

  • #5200DF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#5200DF is a violet with RGB values 82, 0, 223 and HSL 262°, 100%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#5200DF#5200DF
HEX#5200DF
RGBrgb(82, 0, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0, 0.8745
RGB percentages32.2%, 0%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(262.1, 100%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.1, 100%, 87.5%)
CMYK63.2%, 100%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,374,175
CSS custom property--colour: #5200DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07122WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness87.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.66:1
Contrast with white8.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#222222
Inverted#ADFF20

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0051E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0044DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Tritanopia#005A82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 101.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.66:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 9.5Blue violet · ΔE 18.6Blue · ΔE 18.8Dark violet · ΔE 21.2Dark orchid · ΔE 33Dark blue · ΔE 35.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 9.53, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8DDF00
Analogous#001DDF, #C100DF
Triadic#DF5200, #00DF52
Split complementary#DFC200, #1EDF00
Tetradic#DF001E, #8DDF00, #00DFC2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CBACFF
Lighter +30%#AA79FF
Lighter +20%#8A46FF
Lighter +10%#6A13FF
Darker −10%#3F00AC
Darker −20%#2C0079
Darker −30%#1A0046
Darker −40%#070013
More saturated +25%#5200DF
Less saturated −25%#591CC3

Channel breakdown

R82
G0
B223
Red82 (32.2%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue262.06°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 52 · G 00 · B DF

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