Colour

#522F91

#522F91
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#522F91 is a violet with RGB values 82, 47, 145 and HSL 261°, 51%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#522F91#522F91

HEX#522F91

RGBrgb(82, 47, 145)

RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.1843, 0.5686

RGB percentages32.2%, 18.4%, 56.9%

HSLhsl(261.4, 51%, 37.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(261.4, 67.6%, 56.9%)

CMYK43.4%, 67.6%, 0%, 43.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,386,129

CSS custom property--colour: #522F91;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05871WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness75.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.66:1

Contrast with white9.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E

Inverted#ADD06E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004594no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#00438Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original

Tritanopia#41465Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 5.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 14.2 Midnight blue · ΔE 14.9 Indigo · ΔE 16.4 Slate blue · ΔE 18.9 Purple · ΔE 23.7

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 5.93, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6E912F

Analogous#2F3D91, #832F91

Triadic#91522F, #2F9152

Split complementary#91832F, #3D912F

Tetradic#912F3D, #6E912F, #2F9183

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BEA9E3

Lighter +30%#A082D7

Lighter +20%#835CCA

Lighter +10%#683BB8

Darker −10%#3C236A

Darker −20%#261644

Darker −30%#110A1D

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4B17A9

Less saturated −25%#594779

Channel breakdown

R82

G47

B145

Red82 (32.2%)

Green47 (18.4%)

Blue145 (56.9%)

Hue261.43°

Saturation (HSL)51.04%

Lightness37.65%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 52 · G 2F · B 91

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