Recognised as Colour

#5202D3

#5202D3
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#5202D3 is a violet with RGB values 82, 2, 211 and HSL 263°, 98%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

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HEX#5202D3

RGBrgb(82, 2, 211)

RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.0078, 0.8275

RGB percentages32.2%, 0.8%, 82.7%

HSLhsl(263, 98.1%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(263, 99.1%, 82.7%)

CMYK61.1%, 99.1%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,374,675

CSS custom property--colour: #5202D3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0654WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness84.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.1:1

Contrast with white9.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#222222

Inverted#ADFD2C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004DD8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36 from the original

Deuteranopia#0042D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00557Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 96.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 9 Blue violet · ΔE 15.5 Dark violet · ΔE 18.3 Blue · ΔE 24.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 28.6 Dark blue · ΔE 30.4

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 9.05, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#83D302

Analogous#021BD3, #BA02D3

Triadic#D35202, #02D352

Split complementary#D3BB02, #1AD302

Tetradic#D3021B, #83D302, #02D3BA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C6A3FE

Lighter +30%#A670FE

Lighter +20%#873EFD

Lighter +10%#680BFD

Darker −10%#3E02A0

Darker −20%#2B016E

Darker −30%#17013B

Darker −40%#030009

More saturated +25%#5200D5

Less saturated −25%#581DB8

Channel breakdown

R82

B211

Red82 (32.2%)

Green2 (0.8%)

Blue211 (82.7%)

Hue262.97°

Saturation (HSL)98.12%

Lightness41.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 52 · G 02 · B D3

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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