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Recognised as Colour

#5205BB

  • #5205BB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5205BB is a violet with RGB values 82, 5, 187 and HSL 265°, 95%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#5205BB#5205BB
HEX#5205BB
RGBrgb(82, 5, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.0196, 0.7333
RGB percentages32.2%, 2%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(265.4, 94.8%, 37.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.4, 97.3%, 73.3%)
CMYK56.1%, 97.3%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,375,419
CSS custom property--colour: #5205BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0549WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness77.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.01:1
Contrast with white10.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#232323
Inverted#ADFA44

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0045BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#003EB8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Tritanopia#234A6Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.01:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 15.2Medium blue · ΔE 16.5Dark violet · ΔE 17.5Dark blue · ΔE 20.4Dark orchid · ΔE 21.8Navy · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 15.19, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6EBB05
Analogous#0513BB, #AD05BB
Triadic#BB5205, #05BB52
Split complementary#BBAD05, #13BB05
Tetradic#BB0513, #6EBB05, #05BBAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BE90FC
Lighter +30%#A05EFB
Lighter +20%#832DF9
Lighter +10%#6806ED
Darker −10%#3C0489
Darker −20%#260258
Darker −30%#110126
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5100C0
Less saturated −25%#561DA3

Channel breakdown

R82
G5
B187
Red82 (32.2%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue265.38°
Saturation (HSL)94.79%
Lightness37.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 52 · G 05 · B BB

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