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Recognised as Colour

#524BFF

  • #524BFF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#524BFF is a blue with RGB values 82, 75, 255 and HSL 242°, 100%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#524BFF#524BFF
HEX#524BFF
RGBrgb(82, 75, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.2941, 1
RGB percentages32.2%, 29.4%, 100%
HSLhsl(242.3, 100%, 64.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(242.3, 70.6%, 100%)
CMYK67.8%, 70.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,393,407
CSS custom property--colour: #524BFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14046WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.51:1
Contrast with white5.51:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#595959
Inverted#ADB400

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0071FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0061FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Tritanopia#007DA0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 94.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.51:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.81:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 18.9Medium blue · ΔE 22.5Dark violet · ΔE 27Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.2Dark orchid · ΔE 29.1Blue · ΔE 32.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 18.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F8FF4B
Analogous#4B9EFF, #AC4BFF
Triadic#FF524B, #4BFF52
Split complementary#FFAC4B, #9EFF4B
Tetradic#FF4B9E, #F8FF4B, #4BFFAC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E5E4FF
Lighter +20%#B4B1FF
Lighter +10%#837EFF
Darker −10%#2118FF
Darker −20%#0900E4
Darker −30%#0700B1
Darker −40%#05007E
More saturated +25%#524BFF
Less saturated −25%#6761E9

Channel breakdown

R82
G75
B255
Red82 (32.2%)
Green75 (29.4%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue242.33°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness64.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 52 · G 4B · B FF

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