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Recognised as Colour

#5209DA

  • #5209DA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#5209DA is a violet with RGB values 82, 9, 218 and HSL 261°, 92%, 45%. 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

#5209DA#5209DA
HEX#5209DA
RGBrgb(82, 9, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.0353, 0.8549
RGB percentages32.2%, 3.5%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(261, 92.1%, 44.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261, 95.9%, 85.5%)
CMYK62.4%, 95.9%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,376,474
CSS custom property--colour: #5209DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07051WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness86.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.71:1
Contrast with white8.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#282828
Inverted#ADF625

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0051DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0045D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Tritanopia#005980no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 98.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.71:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 8.9Blue violet · ΔE 16.3Dark violet · ΔE 19.4Blue · ΔE 22.2Dark orchid · ΔE 30.1Dark blue · ΔE 32.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 8.89, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#91DA09
Analogous#0928DA, #BB09DA
Triadic#DA5209, #09DA52
Split complementary#DABB09, #28DA09
Tetradic#DA0928, #91DA09, #09DABB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CDB3FC
Lighter +30%#AC82FA
Lighter +20%#8B51F8
Lighter +10%#6B20F6
Darker −10%#4007A9
Darker −20%#2D0578
Darker −30%#1B0347
Darker −40%#080116
More saturated +25%#4F00E3
Less saturated −25%#5B25BE

Channel breakdown

R82
G9
B218
Red82 (32.2%)
Green9 (3.5%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue260.96°
Saturation (HSL)92.07%
Lightness44.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 52 · G 09 · B DA

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