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Recognised as Colour

#5215C3

  • #5215C3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5215C3 is a violet with RGB values 82, 21, 195 and HSL 261°, 81%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#5215C3#5215C3
HEX#5215C3
RGBrgb(82, 21, 195)
RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.0824, 0.7647
RGB percentages32.2%, 8.2%, 76.5%
HSLhsl(261, 80.6%, 42.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261, 89.2%, 76.5%)
CMYK57.9%, 89.2%, 0%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,379,523
CSS custom property--colour: #5215C3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0627WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness81.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.32:1
Contrast with white9.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F
Inverted#ADEA3C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004BC7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0042C0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Tritanopia#165073no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.32:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.2Medium blue · ΔE 16Dark violet · ΔE 17.8Dark blue · ΔE 21.4Dark orchid · ΔE 21.6Navy · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.15, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#86C315
Analogous#152FC3, #A915C3
Triadic#C35215, #15C352
Split complementary#C3A915, #2FC315
Tetradic#C3152F, #86C315, #15C3A9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C7AEF6
Lighter +30%#A880F1
Lighter +20%#8852EC
Lighter +10%#6824E7
Darker −10%#3F1095
Darker −20%#2B0B67
Darker −30%#180639
Darker −40%#05010B
More saturated +25%#4C00D8
Less saturated −25%#5A30A8

Channel breakdown

R82
G21
B195
Red82 (32.2%)
Green21 (8.2%)
Blue195 (76.5%)
Hue261.03°
Saturation (HSL)80.56%
Lightness42.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 52 · G 15 · B C3

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