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Recognised as Colour

#814B8D

  • #814B8D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#814B8D is a violet with RGB values 129, 75, 141 and HSL 289°, 31%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#814B8D#814B8D
HEX#814B8D
RGBrgb(129, 75, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.5059, 0.2941, 0.5529
RGB percentages50.6%, 29.4%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(289.1, 30.6%, 42.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.1, 46.8%, 55.3%)
CMYK8.5%, 46.8%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,473,485
CSS custom property--colour: #814B8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11622WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness102.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.32:1
Contrast with white6.32:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B
Inverted#7EB472

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#415C8Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#50628Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Tritanopia#825465no 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 text6.32:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.32:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.9Medium purple · ΔE 27Purple · ΔE 28.5Slate blue · ΔE 30.8Orchid · ΔE 31.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 19.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#578D4B
Analogous#604B8D, #8D4B78
Triadic#8D814B, #4B8D81
Split complementary#788D4B, #4B8D60
Tetradic#8D604B, #578D4B, #4B788D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DBC4E0
Lighter +30%#C6A3CE
Lighter +20%#B282BC
Lighter +10%#9D60AB
Darker −10%#63396C
Darker −20%#44284A
Darker −30%#261629
Darker −40%#070408
More saturated +25%#9230A8
Less saturated −25%#706672

Channel breakdown

R129
G75
B141
Red129 (50.6%)
Green75 (29.4%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue289.09°
Saturation (HSL)30.56%
Lightness42.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 81 · G 4B · B 8D

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