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Recognised as Colour

#852BF8

  • #852BF8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#852BF8 is a violet with RGB values 133, 43, 248 and HSL 266°, 94%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#852BF8#852BF8
HEX#852BF8
RGBrgb(133, 43, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.1686, 0.9725
RGB percentages52.2%, 16.9%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(266.3, 93.6%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.3, 82.7%, 97.3%)
CMYK46.4%, 82.7%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,727,544
CSS custom property--colour: #852BF8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13492WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.68:1
Contrast with white5.68:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D
Inverted#7AD407

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0068FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0064F4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original
Tritanopia#636996no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.68:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.7:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.3Dark violet · ΔE 15.4Medium blue · ΔE 20.8Blue · ΔE 25.9Dark orchid · ΔE 26.6Fuchsia · ΔE 38.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9EF82B
Analogous#2B37F8, #EC2BF8
Triadic#F8852B, #2BF885
Split complementary#F8EC2B, #37F82B
Tetradic#F82B37, #9EF82B, #2BF8EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7F0FF
Lighter +30%#DABFFD
Lighter +20%#BE8EFB
Lighter +10%#A15CFA
Darker −10%#6A08E8
Darker −20%#5406B7
Darker −30%#3D0486
Darker −40%#270354
More saturated +25%#8424FF
Less saturated −25%#8846DD

Channel breakdown

R133
G43
B248
Red133 (52.2%)
Green43 (16.9%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue266.34°
Saturation (HSL)93.61%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G 2B · B F8

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