Colour

#522ED4

#522ED4
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#522ED4 is a blue with RGB values 82, 46, 212 and HSL 253°, 66%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#522ED4

RGBrgb(82, 46, 212)

RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.1804, 0.8314

RGB percentages32.2%, 18%, 83.1%

HSLhsl(253, 65.9%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(253, 78.3%, 83.1%)

CMYK61.3%, 78.3%, 0%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,385,940

CSS custom property--colour: #522ED4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08501WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness91.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.78:1

Contrast with white7.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#424242

Inverted#ADD12B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0058D9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#004CD1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original

Tritanopia#006081no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 87.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.3 Medium blue · ΔE 18.5 Dark violet · ΔE 20.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 21.6 Dark blue · ΔE 23.9 Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.7

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.29, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B0D42E

Analogous#2E5DD4, #A52ED4

Triadic#D4522E, #2ED452

Split complementary#D4A52E, #5DD42E

Tetradic#D42E5D, #B0D42E, #2ED4A5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DED7F7

Lighter +30%#BBADEE

Lighter +20%#9883E5

Lighter +10%#7558DD

Darker −10%#4123AC

Darker −20%#311B81

Darker −30%#211257

Darker −40%#11092D

More saturated +25%#400EF3

Less saturated −25%#644EB4

Channel breakdown

R82

G46

B212

Red82 (32.2%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue212 (83.1%)

Hue253.01°

Saturation (HSL)65.87%

Lightness50.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 52 · G 2E · B D4

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