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Recognised as Colour

#802CD6

  • #802CD6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#802CD6 is a violet with RGB values 128, 44, 214 and HSL 270°, 67%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#802CD6#802CD6
HEX#802CD6
RGBrgb(128, 44, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.1725, 0.8392
RGB percentages50.2%, 17.3%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(269.6, 67.5%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.6, 79.4%, 83.9%)
CMYK40.2%, 79.4%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,400,086
CSS custom property--colour: #802CD6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11246WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.46:1
Contrast with white6.46:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#7FD329

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005EDBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original
Deuteranopia#005DD3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original
Tritanopia#6C5B82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.46:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 5.9Dark violet · ΔE 11Dark orchid · ΔE 11.9Medium blue · ΔE 25Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.9Medium orchid · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 5.94, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#82D62C
Analogous#2C2DD6, #D52CD6
Triadic#D6802C, #2CD680
Split complementary#D6D52C, #2DD62C
Tetradic#D62C2D, #82D62C, #2CD6D5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7D7F7
Lighter +30%#CDACEF
Lighter +20%#B381E7
Lighter +10%#9A57DE
Darker −10%#6722AD
Darker −20%#4D1983
Darker −30%#341158
Darker −40%#1B092D
More saturated +25%#800CF6
Less saturated −25%#804BB7

Channel breakdown

R128
G44
B214
Red128 (50.2%)
Green44 (17.3%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue269.65°
Saturation (HSL)67.46%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 2C · B D6

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