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Colour

#803EFF

  • #803EFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#803EFF is a violet with RGB values 128, 62, 255 and HSL 261°, 100%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#803EFF#803EFF
HEX#803EFF
RGBrgb(128, 62, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.2431, 1
RGB percentages50.2%, 24.3%, 100%
HSLhsl(260.5, 100%, 62.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.5, 75.7%, 100%)
CMYK49.8%, 75.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,404,735
CSS custom property--colour: #803EFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15254WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.18:1
Contrast with white5.18:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A
Inverted#7FC100

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0070FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0069FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Tritanopia#54749Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 90.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.18:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11Dark violet · ΔE 17.9Medium blue · ΔE 22Dark orchid · ΔE 25.2Blue · ΔE 28.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 34
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.98, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDFF3E
Analogous#3E5CFF, #E13EFF
Triadic#FF803E, #3EFF80
Split complementary#FFE13E, #5CFF3E
Tetradic#FF3E5C, #BDFF3E, #3EFFE1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E5D7FF
Lighter +20%#C3A4FF
Lighter +10%#A271FF
Darker −10%#5E0BFF
Darker −20%#4A00D7
Darker −30%#3800A4
Darker −40%#270071
More saturated +25%#803EFF
Less saturated −25%#8856E7

Channel breakdown

R128
G62
B255
Red128 (50.2%)
Green62 (24.3%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue260.52°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness62.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 3E · B FF

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