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Recognised as Colour

#52186E

  • #52186E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#52186E is a violet with RGB values 82, 24, 110 and HSL 280°, 64%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#52186E#52186E
HEX#52186E
RGBrgb(82, 24, 110)
RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.0941, 0.4314
RGB percentages32.2%, 9.4%, 43.1%
HSLhsl(280.5, 64.2%, 26.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.5, 78.2%, 43.1%)
CMYK25.5%, 78.2%, 0%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,380,206
CSS custom property--colour: #52186E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03573WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness61.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.25:1
Contrast with white12.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B
Inverted#ADE791

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003270no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0B366Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Tritanopia#4F2C42no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.25:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.4Midnight blue · ΔE 16.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.9Indigo · ΔE 19Purple · ΔE 19.5Dark magenta · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 14.44, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#346E18
Analogous#27186E, #6E185F
Triadic#6E5218, #186E52
Split complementary#5F6E18, #186E27
Tetradic#6E2718, #346E18, #185F6E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BC72E0
Lighter +30%#A848D7
Lighter +20%#902AC2
Lighter +10%#712198
Darker −10%#330F44
Darker −20%#14061A
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#58077F
Less saturated −25%#4C295D

Channel breakdown

R82
G24
B110
Red82 (32.2%)
Green24 (9.4%)
Blue110 (43.1%)
Hue280.47°
Saturation (HSL)64.18%
Lightness26.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 52 · G 18 · B 6E

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