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Recognised as Colour

#520B6A

  • #520B6A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#520B6A is a violet with RGB values 82, 11, 106 and HSL 285°, 81%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#520B6A#520B6A
HEX#520B6A
RGBrgb(82, 11, 106)
RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.0431, 0.4157
RGB percentages32.2%, 4.3%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(284.8, 81.2%, 22.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284.8, 89.6%, 41.6%)
CMYK22.6%, 89.6%, 0%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,376,874
CSS custom property--colour: #520B6A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03074WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness58 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.01:1
Contrast with white13.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#212121
Inverted#ADF495

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002D6Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#033368no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Tritanopia#50243Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.01:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.6Indigo · ΔE 16.8Purple · ΔE 17.2Midnight blue · ΔE 17.9Dark magenta · ΔE 21.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 15.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#236A0B
Analogous#230B6A, #6A0B52
Triadic#6A520B, #0B6A52
Split complementary#526A0B, #0B6A23
Tetradic#6A230B, #236A0B, #0B526A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C654ED
Lighter +30%#B726E8
Lighter +20%#9915C6
Lighter +10%#761098
Darker −10%#2E063C
Darker −20%#0B010E
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#570075
Less saturated −25%#4B1A5B

Channel breakdown

R82
G11
B106
Red82 (32.2%)
Green11 (4.3%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue284.84°
Saturation (HSL)81.2%
Lightness22.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 52 · G 0B · B 6A

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