Recognised as Colour

#801CD3

#801CD3
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#801CD3 is a violet with RGB values 128, 28, 211 and HSL 273°, 77%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#801CD3#801CD3

HEX#801CD3

RGBrgb(128, 28, 211)

RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.1098, 0.8275

RGB percentages50.2%, 11%, 82.7%

HSLhsl(272.8, 76.6%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(272.8, 86.7%, 82.7%)

CMYK39.3%, 86.7%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,395,987

CSS custom property--colour: #801CD3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10123WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness102.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.94:1

Contrast with white6.94:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E

Inverted#7FE32C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0058D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#0059D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original

Tritanopia#6D557Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.02:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 4.5 Dark violet · ΔE 7.4 Dark orchid · ΔE 14.6 Medium blue · ΔE 22.8 Dark blue · ΔE 30.5 Medium orchid · ΔE 31.7

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 4.51, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6FD31C

Analogous#251CD3, #D31CCA

Triadic#D3801C, #1CD380

Split complementary#CBD31C, #1CD324

Tetradic#D3241C, #6FD31C, #1CCAD3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0C4F7

Lighter +30%#C897F1

Lighter +20%#B16AEB

Lighter +10%#993DE5

Darker −10%#6516A6

Darker −20%#491079

Darker −30%#2E0A4C

Darker −40%#13041F

More saturated +25%#8300EF

Less saturated −25%#7D3AB5

Channel breakdown

R128

G28

B211

Red128 (50.2%)

Green28 (11%)

Blue211 (82.7%)

Hue272.79°

Saturation (HSL)76.57%

Lightness46.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 80 · G 1C · B D3

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#801CD3

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else