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Recognised as Colour

#5215BD

  • #5215BD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5215BD is a violet with RGB values 82, 21, 189 and HSL 262°, 80%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#5215BD#5215BD
HEX#5215BD
RGBrgb(82, 21, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.0824, 0.7412
RGB percentages32.2%, 8.2%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(261.8, 80%, 41.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.8, 88.9%, 74.1%)
CMYK56.6%, 88.9%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,379,517
CSS custom property--colour: #5215BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06004WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness79.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.54:1
Contrast with white9.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#ADEA42

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0049C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0041BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Tritanopia#204E6Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.54:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 15.3Medium blue · ΔE 18.5Dark violet · ΔE 18.6Dark blue · ΔE 19.2Dark orchid · ΔE 20.4Navy · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 15.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#80BD15
Analogous#152CBD, #A615BD
Triadic#BD5215, #15BD52
Split complementary#BDA615, #2CBD15
Tetradic#BD152C, #80BD15, #15BDA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C4A9F5
Lighter +30%#A57BF0
Lighter +20%#864DEB
Lighter +10%#671FE6
Darker −10%#3E108F
Darker −20%#2A0B61
Darker −30%#160633
Darker −40%#020105
More saturated +25%#4C00D2
Less saturated −25%#592FA3

Channel breakdown

R82
G21
B189
Red82 (32.2%)
Green21 (8.2%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue261.79°
Saturation (HSL)80%
Lightness41.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 52 · G 15 · B BD

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