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Recognised as Colour

#522A70

  • #522A70
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#522A70 is a violet with RGB values 82, 42, 112 and HSL 274°, 45%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#522A70#522A70
HEX#522A70
RGBrgb(82, 42, 112)
RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.1647, 0.4392
RGB percentages32.2%, 16.5%, 43.9%
HSLhsl(274.3, 45.5%, 30.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.3, 62.5%, 43.9%)
CMYK26.8%, 62.5%, 0%, 56.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,384,816
CSS custom property--colour: #522A70;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0462WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness66.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.92:1
Contrast with white10.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#383838
Inverted#ADD58F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0D3B72no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#1F3D6Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original
Tritanopia#4D3748no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.92:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.92:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 12Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.7Midnight blue · ΔE 18.9Purple · ΔE 27Indigo · ΔE 28.1Dark magenta · ΔE 31.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 11.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#48702A
Analogous#2F2A70, #702A6B
Triadic#70522A, #2A7052
Split complementary#6B702A, #2A702F
Tetradic#702F2A, #48702A, #2A6B70

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B890D6
Lighter +30%#A06BC8
Lighter +20%#8846BA
Lighter +10%#6D3895
Darker −10%#371C4B
Darker −20%#1C0E26
Darker −30%#010001
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#551783
Less saturated −25%#4F3D5D

Channel breakdown

R82
G42
B112
Red82 (32.2%)
Green42 (16.5%)
Blue112 (43.9%)
Hue274.29°
Saturation (HSL)45.45%
Lightness30.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 52 · G 2A · B 70

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