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Recognised as Colour

#5A52DC

  • #5A52DC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#5A52DC is a blue with RGB values 90, 82, 220 and HSL 243°, 66%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#5A52DC#5A52DC
HEX#5A52DC
RGBrgb(90, 82, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.3216, 0.8627
RGB percentages35.3%, 32.2%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(243.5, 66.3%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243.5, 62.7%, 86.3%)
CMYK59.1%, 62.7%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,919,452
CSS custom property--colour: #5A52DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13376WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.71:1
Contrast with white5.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#A5AD23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006CE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0061D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00748Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.71:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.68:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 9.9Slate blue · ΔE 13.7Royal blue · ΔE 17.4Medium purple · ΔE 23.5Dark orchid · ΔE 24.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 9.92, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D4DC52
Analogous#528FDC, #9F52DC
Triadic#DC5A52, #52DC5A
Split complementary#DC9F52, #8FDC52
Tetradic#DC528F, #D4DC52, #52DC9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFCFE
Lighter +30%#D3D1F6
Lighter +20%#ABA7ED
Lighter +10%#827CE5
Darker −10%#342AD1
Darker −20%#2922A6
Darker −30%#1F197C
Darker −40%#141052
More saturated +25%#4338F6
Less saturated −25%#716CC2

Channel breakdown

R90
G82
B220
Red90 (35.3%)
Green82 (32.2%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue243.48°
Saturation (HSL)66.35%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5A · G 52 · B DC

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