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Recognised as Colour

#520A42

  • #520A42
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#520A42 is a magenta with RGB values 82, 10, 66 and HSL 313°, 78%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#520A42#520A42
HEX#520A42
RGBrgb(82, 10, 66)
RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.0392, 0.2588
RGB percentages32.2%, 3.9%, 25.9%
HSLhsl(313.3, 78.3%, 18%)
HSV / HSBhsv(313.3, 87.8%, 32.2%)
CMYK0%, 87.8%, 19.5%, 67.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,376,578
CSS custom property--colour: #520A42;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02404WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness50.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.18:1
Contrast with white14.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D
Inverted#ADF5BD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0F2443no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#282F40no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Tritanopia#570E26no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.18:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 31.8Purple · ΔE 32.3Midnight blue · ΔE 34.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 35.5Dark magenta · ΔE 37.3Indigo · ΔE 40.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 31.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0A521A
Analogous#3E0A52, #520A1E
Triadic#42520A, #0A4252
Split complementary#1E520A, #0A523E
Tetradic#523E0A, #0A521A, #0A1E52

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E840C3
Lighter +30%#DA1BB0
Lighter +20%#AD158B
Lighter +10%#7F1067
Darker −10%#25041D
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5C0048
Less saturated −25%#47163C

Channel breakdown

R82
G10
B66
Red82 (32.2%)
Green10 (3.9%)
Blue66 (25.9%)
Hue313.33°
Saturation (HSL)78.26%
Lightness18.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 52 · G 0A · B 42

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