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Recognised as Colour

#806EB5

  • #806EB5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#806EB5 is a violet with RGB values 128, 110, 181 and HSL 255°, 32%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#806EB5#806EB5
HEX#806EB5
RGBrgb(128, 110, 181)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.4314, 0.7098
RGB percentages50.2%, 43.1%, 71%
HSLhsl(255.2, 32.4%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.2, 39.2%, 71%)
CMYK29.3%, 39.2%, 0%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,416,949
CSS custom property--colour: #806EB5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19077WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.82:1
Contrast with white4.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#7F914A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5A7AB8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#5C78B3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Tritanopia#757B89no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.36:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 20.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.6Slate blue · ΔE 26.7Steel blue · ΔE 27.2Plum · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 20.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A3B56E
Analogous#6E80B5, #A36EB5
Triadic#B5806E, #6EB580
Split complementary#B5A36E, #80B56E
Tetradic#B56E80, #A3B56E, #6EB5A3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6F5FA
Lighter +30%#D9D3E9
Lighter +20%#BBB2D7
Lighter +10%#9E90C6
Darker −10%#65519F
Darker −20%#4F407D
Darker −30%#3A2F5B
Darker −40%#251D3A
More saturated +25%#7353D0
Less saturated −25%#8D899A

Channel breakdown

R128
G110
B181
Red128 (50.2%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue181 (71%)
Hue255.21°
Saturation (HSL)32.42%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 6E · B B5

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