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Recognised as Colour

#52386E

  • #52386E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#52386E is a violet with RGB values 82, 56, 110 and HSL 269°, 33%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#52386E#52386E
HEX#52386E
RGBrgb(82, 56, 110)
RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.2196, 0.4314
RGB percentages32.2%, 22%, 43.1%
HSLhsl(268.9, 32.5%, 32.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.9, 49.1%, 43.1%)
CMYK25.5%, 49.1%, 0%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,388,398
CSS custom property--colour: #52386E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05748WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness72.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.77:1
Contrast with white9.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#ADC791

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#294370no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#30446Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Tritanopia#4D414Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 15.3Midnight blue · ΔE 27.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 28.2Steel blue · ΔE 36.7Purple · ΔE 36.7Slate blue · ΔE 37
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 15.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#546E38
Analogous#38396E, #6D386E
Triadic#6E5238, #386E52
Split complementary#6E6D38, #396E38
Tetradic#6E3839, #546E38, #386E6D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B8A2D0
Lighter +30%#9E80BF
Lighter +20%#855FAD
Lighter +10%#6B4990
Darker −10%#39274C
Darker −20%#20162A
Darker −30%#060409
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#512383
Less saturated −25%#534D59

Channel breakdown

R82
G56
B110
Red82 (32.2%)
Green56 (22%)
Blue110 (43.1%)
Hue268.89°
Saturation (HSL)32.53%
Lightness32.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 52 · G 38 · B 6E

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