Colour

#522E9C

#522E9C
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#522E9C is a violet with RGB values 82, 46, 156 and HSL 260°, 54%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#522E9C#522E9C

HEX#522E9C

RGBrgb(82, 46, 156)

RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.1804, 0.6118

RGB percentages32.2%, 18%, 61.2%

HSLhsl(259.6, 54.5%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(259.6, 70.5%, 61.2%)

CMYK47.4%, 70.5%, 0%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,385,884

CSS custom property--colour: #522E9C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06148WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness77.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.42:1

Contrast with white9.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E

Inverted#ADD163

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00489Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#00449Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.9 from the original

Tritanopia#3B4A61no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 7.7 Indigo · ΔE 13.3 Slate blue · ΔE 17.1 Midnight blue · ΔE 18 Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.2 Navy · ΔE 20.5

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 7.69, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#789C2E

Analogous#2E419C, #892E9C

Triadic#9C522E, #2E9C52

Split complementary#9C892E, #419C2E

Tetradic#9C2E41, #789C2E, #2E9C89

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#C1AFE7

Lighter +30%#A387DC

Lighter +20%#8560D0

Lighter +10%#673AC3

Darker −10%#3D2275

Darker −20%#29174D

Darker −30%#140B26

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4915B5

Less saturated −25%#5B4783

Channel breakdown

R82

G46

B156

Red82 (32.2%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue156 (61.2%)

Hue259.64°

Saturation (HSL)54.46%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 52 · G 2E · B 9C

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