Recognised as Colour

#803AFF

#803AFF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#803AFF is a violet with RGB values 128, 58, 255 and HSL 261°, 100%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#803AFF#803AFF

HEX#803AFF

RGBrgb(128, 58, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.2275, 1

RGB percentages50.2%, 22.7%, 100%

HSLhsl(261.3, 100%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(261.3, 77.3%, 100%)

CMYK49.8%, 77.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,403,711

CSS custom property--colour: #803AFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14835WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness119.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.29:1

Contrast with white5.29:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#575757

Inverted#7FC500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#006EFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#0067FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.3 from the original

Tritanopia#54739Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 92 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.97:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.6 Dark violet · ΔE 17.8 Medium blue · ΔE 21.4 Dark orchid · ΔE 26.3 Blue · ΔE 27.3 Medium slateblue · ΔE 35.9

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B9FF3A

Analogous#3A57FF, #E33AFF

Triadic#FF803A, #3AFF80

Split complementary#FFE23A, #57FF3A

Tetradic#FF3A57, #B9FF3A, #3AFFE3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E3D3FF

Lighter +20%#C2A0FF

Lighter +10%#A16DFF

Darker −10%#5F07FF

Darker −20%#4B00D3

Darker −30%#3900A0

Darker −40%#27006D

More saturated +25%#803AFF

Less saturated −25%#8753E6

Channel breakdown

R128

G58

B255

Red128 (50.2%)

Green58 (22.7%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue261.32°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness61.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 80 · G 3A · B FF

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