Colour

#80609E

#80609E
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#80609E is a violet with RGB values 128, 96, 158 and HSL 271°, 24%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

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HEX#80609E

RGBrgb(128, 96, 158)

RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.3765, 0.6196

RGB percentages50.2%, 37.6%, 62%

HSLhsl(271, 24.4%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(271, 39.2%, 62%)

CMYK19%, 39.2%, 0%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,413,342

CSS custom property--colour: #80609E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15424WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness114.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.14:1

Contrast with white5.14:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B

Inverted#7F9F61

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#536CA0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#5A6E9Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original

Tritanopia#7C6977no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.08:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.3 Medium purple · ΔE 25.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 28.5 Plum · ΔE 28.9 Steel blue · ΔE 30.4 Cornflower blue · ΔE 30.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 20.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7E9E60

Analogous#61609E, #9E609D

Triadic#9E8060, #609E80

Split complementary#9D9E60, #609E61

Tetradic#9E6160, #7E9E60, #609D9E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E5DFEB

Lighter +30%#CCBFD8

Lighter +20%#B39FC5

Lighter +10%#997FB2

Darker −10%#664D7E

Darker −20%#4D395F

Darker −30%#33263F

Darker −40%#19131F

More saturated +25%#8140BE

Less saturated −25%#7F7F7F

Channel breakdown

R128

G96

B158

Red128 (50.2%)

Green96 (37.6%)

Blue158 (62%)

Hue270.97°

Saturation (HSL)24.41%

Lightness49.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 80 · G 60 · B 9E

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