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Recognised as Colour

#5B52CF

  • #5B52CF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#5B52CF is a blue with RGB values 91, 82, 207 and HSL 244°, 57%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#5B52CF#5B52CF
HEX#5B52CF
RGBrgb(91, 82, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.3216, 0.8118
RGB percentages35.7%, 32.2%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(244.3, 56.6%, 56.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(244.3, 60.4%, 81.2%)
CMYK56%, 60.4%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,984,975
CSS custom property--colour: #5B52CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12764WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.91:1
Contrast with white5.91:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D
Inverted#A4AD30

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0069D3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#005FCCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Tritanopia#1E7089no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.91:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.55:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 7.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 10.2Royal blue · ΔE 13.5Medium purple · ΔE 18.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.6Dark orchid · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 7.08, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C6CF52
Analogous#5288CF, #9952CF
Triadic#CF5B52, #52CF5B
Split complementary#CF9952, #88CF52
Tetradic#CF5288, #C6CF52, #52CF99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2F2FB
Lighter +30%#CDCAF0
Lighter +20%#A7A2E5
Lighter +10%#817ADA
Darker −10%#3D34BA
Darker −20%#302992
Darker −30%#231E6A
Darker −40%#161243
More saturated +25%#4336EB
Less saturated −25%#736EB3

Channel breakdown

R91
G82
B207
Red91 (35.7%)
Green82 (32.2%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue244.32°
Saturation (HSL)56.56%
Lightness56.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5B · G 52 · B CF

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