Recognised as Colour

#804EAD

#804EAD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#804EAD is a violet with RGB values 128, 78, 173 and HSL 272°, 38%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#804EAD

RGBrgb(128, 78, 173)

RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.3059, 0.6784

RGB percentages50.2%, 30.6%, 67.8%

HSLhsl(271.6, 37.8%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(271.6, 54.9%, 67.8%)

CMYK26%, 54.9%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,408,749

CSS custom property--colour: #804EAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13055WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness109 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.82:1

Contrast with white5.82:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F

Inverted#7FB152

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2E63B0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#3F66ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original

Tritanopia#795F76no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.61:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 11.3 Medium purple · ΔE 14.3 Slate blue · ΔE 15.4 Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.1 Medium orchid · ΔE 22.7 Purple · ΔE 24.3

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 11.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7BAD4E

Analogous#514EAD, #AD4EAB

Triadic#AD804E, #4EAD80

Split complementary#ABAD4E, #4EAD51

Tetradic#AD504E, #7BAD4E, #4EABAD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E4D9EE

Lighter +30%#CBB6DE

Lighter +20%#B293CE

Lighter +10%#9970BE

Darker −10%#663E8A

Darker −20%#4C2E67

Darker −30%#321E44

Darker −40%#180F20

More saturated +25%#822FCC

Less saturated −25%#7E6D8E

Channel breakdown

R128

G78

B173

Red128 (50.2%)

Green78 (30.6%)

Blue173 (67.8%)

Hue271.58°

Saturation (HSL)37.85%

Lightness49.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 80 · G 4E · B AD

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