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Recognised as Colour

#805EBF

  • #805EBF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#805EBF is a violet with RGB values 128, 94, 191 and HSL 261°, 43%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#805EBF#805EBF
HEX#805EBF
RGBrgb(128, 94, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.3686, 0.749
RGB percentages50.2%, 36.9%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(261, 43.1%, 55.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261, 50.8%, 74.9%)
CMYK33%, 50.8%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,412,863
CSS custom property--colour: #805EBF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16356WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.92:1
Contrast with white4.92:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#7FA140

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3B71C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#436FBDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original
Tritanopia#727186no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.92:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.27:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 8.7Slate blue · ΔE 11.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.7Royal blue · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 8.67, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9DBF5E
Analogous#5E6DBF, #B05EBF
Triadic#BF805E, #5EBF80
Split complementary#BFB05E, #6DBF5E
Tetradic#BF5E6D, #9DBF5E, #5EBFB0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3F0F9
Lighter +30%#D6CBEB
Lighter +20%#BAA7DC
Lighter +10%#9D82CE
Darker −10%#6643A7
Darker −20%#503483
Darker −30%#39265E
Darker −40%#23173A
More saturated +25%#7842DB
Less saturated −25%#887AA3

Channel breakdown

R128
G94
B191
Red128 (50.2%)
Green94 (36.9%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue261.03°
Saturation (HSL)43.11%
Lightness55.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 5E · B BF

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