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Recognised as Colour

#520D7B

  • #520D7B
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#520D7B is a violet with RGB values 82, 13, 123 and HSL 278°, 81%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#520D7B#520D7B
HEX#520D7B
RGBrgb(82, 13, 123)
RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.051, 0.4824
RGB percentages32.2%, 5.1%, 48.2%
HSLhsl(277.6, 80.9%, 26.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.6, 89.4%, 48.2%)
CMYK33.3%, 89.4%, 0%, 51.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,377,403
CSS custom property--colour: #520D7B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03512WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness61.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.34:1
Contrast with white12.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#242424
Inverted#ADF284

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00327Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#003579no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original
Tritanopia#4B2D47no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.34:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 8.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 12Purple · ΔE 16.8Midnight blue · ΔE 17.5Dark magenta · ΔE 19.7Navy · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 8.13, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#367B0D
Analogous#1B0D7B, #7B0D6D
Triadic#7B520D, #0D7B52
Split complementary#6D7B0D, #0D7B1B
Tetradic#7B1B0D, #367B0D, #0D6D7B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BB65EF
Lighter +30%#A737EA
Lighter +20%#8F17D7
Lighter +10%#7112A9
Darker −10%#33084D
Darker −20%#14031F
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#550088
Less saturated −25%#4E1E6A

Channel breakdown

R82
G13
B123
Red82 (32.2%)
Green13 (5.1%)
Blue123 (48.2%)
Hue277.64°
Saturation (HSL)80.88%
Lightness26.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 52 · G 0D · B 7B

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