#5211bc

Color #5211bc

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 15.29 Nearest Tailwind class violet-800 #5d0ec0 · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5211bc

RGB

rgb(82, 17, 188)

HSL

hsl(262.8, 83.4%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.8, 91%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.4%, 91%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(28.97, 62.16, -74.71)

LCH

lch(28.97, 97.19, 309.76)

OKLCH

oklch(41.7%, 0.2269, 288.63)

HWB

hwb(262.8, 6.7%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7bbc11

Analogous

#1126bc

#5211bc

#a711bc

Triadic

#5211bc

#bc5211

#11bc52

Split-complementary

#5211bc

#bca711

#26bc11

Tetradic

#5211bc

#bc117b

#7bbc11

#11bc52

Square

#5211bc

#bc1126

#7bbc11

#11bca7

Shades

Color #5211bc mixed toward black.

#440e9d

#370b7d

#29095e

#1b063f

#0e031f

Tints

Color #5211bc mixed toward white.

#6616ea

#8545ee

#a373f2

#c2a2f7

#e0d0fb

Tones

Color #5211bc mixed toward gray.

#551fae

#592ea0

#5c3c91

#604a83

#635875

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.17:1

White text reads better on this background (9.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3f3fa6 · ΔE 9.8

Deuteranopia

#4246a0 · ΔE 12.1

Tritanopia

#50928d · ΔE 42.5

Achromatopsia

#444444 · ΔE 30.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5211bc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5211bc]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#5211bc (#5211bc) is rgb(82, 17, 188) in RGB.

No, #5211bc is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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