Recognised as Colour

#800EBD

#800EBD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark orchid

#800EBD is a violet with RGB values 128, 14, 189 and HSL 279°, 86%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#800EBD#800EBD

HEX#800EBD

RGBrgb(128, 14, 189)

RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.0549, 0.7412

RGB percentages50.2%, 5.5%, 74.1%

HSLhsl(279.1, 86.2%, 39.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(279.1, 92.6%, 74.1%)

CMYK32.3%, 92.6%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,392,381

CSS custom property--colour: #800EBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08577WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness95.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.73:1

Contrast with white7.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#333333

Inverted#7FF142

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004FC1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#0053BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.7 from the original

Tritanopia#76476Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9.9 Dark violet · ΔE 11 Blue violet · ΔE 12.3 Indigo · ΔE 24.8 Dark magenta · ΔE 26.8 Medium orchid · ΔE 26.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.9, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4BBD0E

Analogous#280EBD, #BD0EA3

Triadic#BD800E, #0EBD80

Split complementary#A3BD0E, #0EBD29

Tetradic#BD290E, #4BBD0E, #0EA2BD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D99FF8

Lighter +30%#C670F4

Lighter +20%#B340F1

Lighter +10%#A012EC

Darker −10%#600A8E

Darker −20%#40075E

Darker −30%#20032F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8400CB

Less saturated −25%#7827A4

Channel breakdown

R128

G14

B189

Red128 (50.2%)

Green14 (5.5%)

Blue189 (74.1%)

Hue279.09°

Saturation (HSL)86.21%

Lightness39.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 80 · G 0E · B BD

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