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Recognised as Colour

#520EF2

  • #520EF2
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#520EF2 is a violet with RGB values 82, 14, 242 and HSL 258°, 90%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#520EF2#520EF2
HEX#520EF2
RGBrgb(82, 14, 242)
RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.0549, 0.949
RGB percentages32.2%, 5.5%, 94.9%
HSLhsl(257.9, 89.8%, 50.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.9, 94.2%, 94.9%)
CMYK66.1%, 94.2%, 0%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,377,778
CSS custom property--colour: #520EF2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08519WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness93.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.77:1
Contrast with white7.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D
Inverted#ADF10D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005AF7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#004AEFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00648Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 106.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 12.8Medium blue · ΔE 13.9Blue violet · ΔE 23Dark violet · ΔE 25.9Dark orchid · ΔE 38.2Dark blue · ΔE 42.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 12.79, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AEF20E
Analogous#0E3CF2, #C40EF2
Triadic#F2520E, #0EF252
Split complementary#F2C40E, #3CF20E
Tetradic#F20E3C, #AEF20E, #0EF2C4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DDD0FC
Lighter +30%#BA9FFA
Lighter +20%#976FF7
Lighter +10%#753EF5
Darker −10%#410AC3
Darker −20%#310892
Darker −30%#210562
Darker −40%#110331
More saturated +25%#4D01FF
Less saturated −25%#5F2ED2

Channel breakdown

R82
G14
B242
Red82 (32.2%)
Green14 (5.5%)
Blue242 (94.9%)
Hue257.89°
Saturation (HSL)89.76%
Lightness50.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 52 · G 0E · B F2

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