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Recognised as Colour

#8052BC

  • #8052BC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#8052BC is a violet with RGB values 128, 82, 188 and HSL 266°, 44%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#8052BC#8052BC
HEX#8052BC
RGBrgb(128, 82, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.3216, 0.7373
RGB percentages50.2%, 32.2%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(266, 44.2%, 52.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266, 56.4%, 73.7%)
CMYK31.9%, 56.4%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,409,788
CSS custom property--colour: #8052BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14255WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.45:1
Contrast with white5.45:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#636363
Inverted#7FAD43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2569C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#3669BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Tritanopia#74677Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.45:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.85:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 10.1Medium purple · ΔE 11.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 12Medium slateblue · ΔE 18Medium orchid · ΔE 20.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 10.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8EBC52
Analogous#5259BC, #B552BC
Triadic#BC8052, #52BC80
Split complementary#BCB552, #59BC52
Tetradic#BC5259, #8EBC52, #52BCB5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECE5F5
Lighter +30%#D1C0E7
Lighter +20%#B69CD8
Lighter +10%#9B77CA
Darker −10%#673D9E
Darker −20%#4F2F79
Darker −30%#372154
Darker −40%#1F1230
More saturated +25%#7C34DA
Less saturated −25%#84709E

Channel breakdown

R128
G82
B188
Red128 (50.2%)
Green82 (32.2%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue266.04°
Saturation (HSL)44.17%
Lightness52.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 52 · B BC

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