Recognised as Colour

#8052D0

#8052D0
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Slate blue

#8052D0 is a violet with RGB values 128, 82, 208 and HSL 262°, 57%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

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HEX#8052D0

RGBrgb(128, 82, 208)

RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.3216, 0.8157

RGB percentages50.2%, 32.2%, 81.6%

HSLhsl(261.9, 57.3%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(261.9, 60.6%, 81.6%)

CMYK38.5%, 60.6%, 0%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,409,808

CSS custom property--colour: #8052D0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15178WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness117.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.2:1

Contrast with white5.2:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#656565

Inverted#7FAD2F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#006DD4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#166BCDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original

Tritanopia#6D6E89no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.04:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 10.2 Medium slateblue · ΔE 10.6 Medium purple · ΔE 15.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.6 Medium orchid · ΔE 18.7 Dark orchid · ΔE 19.2

Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 10.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A2D052

Analogous#5263D0, #BF52D0

Triadic#D08052, #52D080

Split complementary#D0BF52, #63D052

Tetradic#D05263, #A2D052, #52D0BF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6F2FC

Lighter +30%#D8CAF1

Lighter +20%#BBA2E6

Lighter +10%#9D7ADB

Darker −10%#6533BC

Darker −20%#4F2894

Darker −30%#3A1D6C

Darker −40%#241244

More saturated +25%#7937EB

Less saturated −25%#876EB4

Channel breakdown

R128

G82

B208

Red128 (50.2%)

Green82 (32.2%)

Blue208 (81.6%)

Hue261.9°

Saturation (HSL)57.27%

Lightness56.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 80 · G 52 · B D0

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Colour values

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