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Recognised as Colour

#5223CA

  • #5223CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#5223CA is a violet with RGB values 82, 35, 202 and HSL 257°, 70%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#5223CA#5223CA
HEX#5223CA
RGBrgb(82, 35, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.1373, 0.7922
RGB percentages32.2%, 13.7%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(256.9, 70.5%, 46.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.9, 82.7%, 79.2%)
CMYK59.4%, 82.7%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,383,114
CSS custom property--colour: #5223CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0726WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness85.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.56:1
Contrast with white8.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#393939
Inverted#ADDC35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0051CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0047C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Tritanopia#005779no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.56:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.1Medium blue · ΔE 17.6Dark violet · ΔE 19.1Dark orchid · ΔE 21Dark blue · ΔE 21.9Navy · ΔE 26.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.09, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9BCA23
Analogous#2347CA, #A523CA
Triadic#CA5223, #23CA52
Split complementary#CAA523, #47CA23
Tetradic#CA2348, #9BCA23, #23CAA5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D2C4F5
Lighter +30%#B199ED
Lighter +20%#8F6DE6
Lighter +10%#6E42DE
Darker −10%#401B9F
Darker −20%#2F1473
Darker −30%#1D0C48
Darker −40%#0B051C
More saturated +25%#4505E8
Less saturated −25%#5F41AC

Channel breakdown

R82
G35
B202
Red82 (32.2%)
Green35 (13.7%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue256.89°
Saturation (HSL)70.46%
Lightness46.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 52 · G 23 · B CA

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