Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#812BED

  • #812BED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#812BED is a violet with RGB values 129, 43, 237 and HSL 267°, 84%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#812BED#812BED
HEX#812BED
RGBrgb(129, 43, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5059, 0.1686, 0.9294
RGB percentages50.6%, 16.9%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(266.6, 84.3%, 54.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.6, 81.9%, 92.9%)
CMYK45.6%, 81.9%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,465,389
CSS custom property--colour: #812BED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12509WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6:1
Contrast with white6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B
Inverted#7ED412

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0064F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0060EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original
Tritanopia#62658Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.5:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 6.7Dark violet · ΔE 12.4Medium blue · ΔE 20.2Dark orchid · ΔE 22.1Blue · ΔE 29.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 35.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 6.71, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#97ED2B
Analogous#2B36ED, #E22BED
Triadic#ED812B, #2BED81
Split complementary#EDE22B, #36ED2B
Tetradic#ED2B36, #97ED2B, #2BEDE2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1E7FD
Lighter +30%#D5B8F9
Lighter +20%#B989F5
Lighter +10%#9D5AF1
Darker −10%#6812D3
Darker −20%#500EA4
Darker −30%#390A75
Darker −40%#220646
More saturated +25%#7F19FF
Less saturated −25%#8448D0

Channel breakdown

R129
G43
B237
Red129 (50.6%)
Green43 (16.9%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue266.6°
Saturation (HSL)84.35%
Lightness54.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 81 · G 2B · B ED

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “812bed” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.