Recognised as Colour

#525CFD

#525CFD
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium slateblue

#525CFD is a blue with RGB values 82, 92, 253 and HSL 236°, 98%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#525CFD#525CFD

HEX#525CFD

RGBrgb(82, 92, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.3608, 0.9922

RGB percentages32.2%, 36.1%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(236.5, 97.7%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(236.5, 67.6%, 99.2%)

CMYK67.6%, 63.6%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,397,757

CSS custom property--colour: #525CFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1654WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness119.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.87:1

Contrast with white4.87:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#656565

Inverted#ADA302

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0079FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#0069FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original

Tritanopia#0086A4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.1 Blue violet · ΔE 25.3 Royal blue · ΔE 25.4 Slate blue · ΔE 25.6 Dark orchid · ΔE 28.8 Medium blue · ΔE 32.7

Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 17.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FDF352

Analogous#52B2FD, #9E52FD

Triadic#FD525C, #5CFD52

Split complementary#FD9E52, #B1FD52

Tetradic#FD52B2, #FDF352, #52FD9E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E9EBFF

Lighter +20%#B7BBFE

Lighter +10%#848CFE

Darker −10%#202CFC

Darker −20%#0310E6

Darker −30%#020CB4

Darker −40%#010982

More saturated +25%#505AFF

Less saturated −25%#686FE7

Channel breakdown

R82

G92

B253

Red82 (32.2%)

Green92 (36.1%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue236.49°

Saturation (HSL)97.71%

Lightness65.69%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 52 · G 5C · B FD

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Colour values

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