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Recognised as Colour

#522EAB

  • #522EAB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#522EAB is a violet with RGB values 82, 46, 171 and HSL 257°, 58%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#522EAB#522EAB
HEX#522EAB
RGBrgb(82, 46, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.1804, 0.6706
RGB percentages32.2%, 18%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(257.3, 57.6%, 42.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.3, 73.1%, 67.1%)
CMYK52%, 73.1%, 0%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,385,899
CSS custom property--colour: #522EAB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06688WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness81.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.98:1
Contrast with white8.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F
Inverted#ADD154

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004CAFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0046A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Tritanopia#314F6Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.98:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 14.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.5Slate blue · ΔE 18Dark blue · ΔE 18.4Navy · ΔE 18.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 14.14, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#87AB2E
Analogous#2E49AB, #902EAB
Triadic#AB522E, #2EAB52
Split complementary#AB912E, #48AB2E
Tetradic#AB2E49, #87AB2E, #2EAB90

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C8B9EC
Lighter +30%#A891E1
Lighter +20%#8868D7
Lighter +10%#6840CC
Darker −10%#3F2383
Darker −20%#2B185B
Darker −30%#180E32
Darker −40%#05030A
More saturated +25%#4613C6
Less saturated −25%#5E4990

Channel breakdown

R82
G46
B171
Red82 (32.2%)
Green46 (18%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue257.28°
Saturation (HSL)57.6%
Lightness42.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 52 · G 2E · B AB

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