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Recognised as Colour

#652BCD

  • #652BCD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#652BCD is a violet with RGB values 101, 43, 205 and HSL 261°, 65%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#652BCD#652BCD
HEX#652BCD
RGBrgb(101, 43, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.3961, 0.1686, 0.8039
RGB percentages39.6%, 16.9%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(261.5, 65.3%, 48.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.5, 79%, 80.4%)
CMYK50.7%, 79%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,630,349
CSS custom property--colour: #652BCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08902WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.55:1
Contrast with white7.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#434343
Inverted#9AD432

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0057D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0051CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Tritanopia#415A7Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.55:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12Dark orchid · ΔE 16.2Dark violet · ΔE 17.2Medium blue · ΔE 22.4Dark blue · ΔE 23.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#93CD2B
Analogous#2B42CD, #B62BCD
Triadic#CD652B, #2BCD65
Split complementary#CDB62B, #42CD2B
Tetradic#CD2B42, #93CD2B, #2BCDB6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DDCFF5
Lighter +30%#BEA5EC
Lighter +20%#A07BE3
Lighter +10%#8251DA
Darker −10%#5022A3
Darker −20%#3B1979
Darker −30%#27104F
Darker −40%#120824
More saturated +25%#5C0CEC
Less saturated −25%#6E4AAE

Channel breakdown

R101
G43
B205
Red101 (39.6%)
Green43 (16.9%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue261.48°
Saturation (HSL)65.32%
Lightness48.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 65 · G 2B · B CD

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