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Recognised as Colour

#522C83

  • #522C83
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#522C83 is a violet with RGB values 82, 44, 131 and HSL 266°, 50%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#522C83#522C83
HEX#522C83
RGBrgb(82, 44, 131)
RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.1725, 0.5137
RGB percentages32.2%, 17.3%, 51.4%
HSLhsl(266.2, 49.7%, 34.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.2, 66.4%, 51.4%)
CMYK37.4%, 66.4%, 0%, 48.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,385,347
CSS custom property--colour: #522C83;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05234WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness71.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.26:1
Contrast with white10.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A
Inverted#ADD37C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004086no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#034081no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original
Tritanopia#473F53no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.26:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 9.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 10.9Midnight blue · ΔE 14.3Indigo · ΔE 19.9Slate blue · ΔE 23.5Purple · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 9.68, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5D832C
Analogous#2C3183, #7E2C83
Triadic#83522C, #2C8352
Split complementary#837D2C, #32832C
Tetradic#832C31, #5D832C, #2C837E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B99DDE
Lighter +30%#9E77D1
Lighter +20%#8351C4
Lighter +10%#6A39A9
Darker −10%#3A1F5D
Darker −20%#221237
Darker −30%#0A0610
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4F1699
Less saturated −25%#55426D

Channel breakdown

R82
G44
B131
Red82 (32.2%)
Green44 (17.3%)
Blue131 (51.4%)
Hue266.21°
Saturation (HSL)49.71%
Lightness34.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 52 · G 2C · B 83

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