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Recognised as Colour

#52166A

  • #52166A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#52166A is a violet with RGB values 82, 22, 106 and HSL 283°, 66%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#52166A#52166A
HEX#52166A
RGBrgb(82, 22, 106)
RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.0863, 0.4157
RGB percentages32.2%, 8.6%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(282.9, 65.6%, 25.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282.9, 79.2%, 41.6%)
CMYK22.6%, 79.2%, 0%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,379,690
CSS custom property--colour: #52166A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03408WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness59.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.49:1
Contrast with white12.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#292929
Inverted#ADE995

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00316Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#103568no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original
Tritanopia#50293Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.49:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 16Midnight blue · ΔE 17.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.6Purple · ΔE 19.7Indigo · ΔE 20.4Dark magenta · ΔE 24.4
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 15.99, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2E6A16
Analogous#28166A, #6A1658
Triadic#6A5216, #166A52
Split complementary#586A16, #166A28
Tetradic#6A2816, #2E6A16, #16586A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BF6CE0
Lighter +30%#AD41D8
Lighter +20%#9328BE
Lighter +10%#731F94
Darker −10%#310D40
Darker −20%#110416
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#59067A
Less saturated −25%#4B265A

Channel breakdown

R82
G22
B106
Red82 (32.2%)
Green22 (8.6%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue282.86°
Saturation (HSL)65.63%
Lightness25.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 52 · G 16 · B 6A

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