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Recognised as Colour

#522E6A

  • #522E6A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#522E6A is a violet with RGB values 82, 46, 106 and HSL 276°, 39%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#522E6A#522E6A
HEX#522E6A
RGBrgb(82, 46, 106)
RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.1804, 0.4157
RGB percentages32.2%, 18%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(276, 39.5%, 29.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276, 56.6%, 41.6%)
CMYK22.6%, 56.6%, 0%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,385,834
CSS custom property--colour: #522E6A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04788WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness67.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.73:1
Contrast with white10.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A
Inverted#ADD195

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1D3C6Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#283E68no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original
Tritanopia#4F3847no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.73:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 14.4Midnight blue · ΔE 23.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.3Purple · ΔE 31.5Indigo · ΔE 34.2Slate blue · ΔE 35.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 14.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#466A2E
Analogous#342E6A, #6A2E64
Triadic#6A522E, #2E6A52
Split complementary#646A2E, #2E6A34
Tetradic#6A342E, #466A2E, #2E646A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B894D0
Lighter +30%#A170C1
Lighter +20%#894DB1
Lighter +10%#6E3D8E
Darker −10%#361F46
Darker −20%#1B0F23
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#561B7D
Less saturated −25%#4E4157

Channel breakdown

R82
G46
B106
Red82 (32.2%)
Green46 (18%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue276°
Saturation (HSL)39.47%
Lightness29.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 52 · G 2E · B 6A

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