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Recognised as Colour

#803FA5

  • #803FA5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#803FA5 is a violet with RGB values 128, 63, 165 and HSL 278°, 45%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#803FA5#803FA5
HEX#803FA5
RGBrgb(128, 63, 165)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.2471, 0.6471
RGB percentages50.2%, 24.7%, 64.7%
HSLhsl(278.2, 44.7%, 44.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.2, 61.8%, 64.7%)
CMYK22.4%, 61.8%, 0%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,404,901
CSS custom property--colour: #803FA5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10861WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness101.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.62:1
Contrast with white6.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#545454
Inverted#7FC05A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#165AA8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#365EA3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Tritanopia#7C526Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.62:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 7.8Purple · ΔE 17.9Slate blue · ΔE 18Dark magenta · ΔE 18.8Medium purple · ΔE 19.1Medium orchid · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 7.78, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#64A53F
Analogous#4D3FA5, #A53F97
Triadic#A5803F, #3FA580
Split complementary#97A53F, #3FA54D
Tetradic#A54D3F, #64A53F, #3F97A5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DDC7E9
Lighter +30%#C6A2DB
Lighter +20%#B07DCD
Lighter +10%#9A58BF
Darker −10%#633180
Darker −20%#47235B
Darker −30%#2A1536
Darker −40%#0D0711
More saturated +25%#8823C2
Less saturated −25%#785C89

Channel breakdown

R128
G63
B165
Red128 (50.2%)
Green63 (24.7%)
Blue165 (64.7%)
Hue278.24°
Saturation (HSL)44.74%
Lightness44.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 3F · B A5

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