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Recognised as Colour

#5218BB

  • #5218BB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5218BB is a violet with RGB values 82, 24, 187 and HSL 261°, 77%, 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

#5218BB#5218BB
HEX#5218BB
RGBrgb(82, 24, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.0941, 0.7333
RGB percentages32.2%, 9.4%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(261.3, 77.3%, 41.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.3, 87.2%, 73.3%)
CMYK56.1%, 87.2%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,380,283
CSS custom property--colour: #5218BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06035WCAG 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 9.52:1
Contrast with white9.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#303030
Inverted#ADE744

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0049BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0041B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Tritanopia#224E6Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.52:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 16.1Dark blue · ΔE 18.2Dark violet · ΔE 19.4Dark orchid · ΔE 19.8Medium blue · ΔE 20.1Navy · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 16.14, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#81BB18
Analogous#1830BB, #A318BB
Triadic#BB5218, #18BB52
Split complementary#BBA318, #30BB18
Tetradic#BB1830, #81BB18, #18BBA3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C5ABF4
Lighter +30%#A67EEE
Lighter +20%#8750E9
Lighter +10%#6723E3
Darker −10%#3E128E
Darker −20%#2A0C61
Darker −30%#170733
Darker −40%#030106
More saturated +25%#4B00D3
Less saturated −25%#5A32A1

Channel breakdown

R82
G24
B187
Red82 (32.2%)
Green24 (9.4%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue261.35°
Saturation (HSL)77.25%
Lightness41.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 52 · G 18 · B BB

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