Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#8152B1

  • #8152B1
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#8152B1 is a violet with RGB values 129, 82, 177 and HSL 270°, 38%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#8152B1#8152B1
HEX#8152B1
RGBrgb(129, 82, 177)
RGB (0–1)0.5059, 0.3216, 0.6941
RGB percentages50.6%, 32.2%, 69.4%
HSLhsl(269.7, 37.8%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.7, 53.7%, 69.4%)
CMYK27.1%, 53.7%, 0%, 30.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,475,313
CSS custom property--colour: #8152B1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13876WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.56:1
Contrast with white5.56:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#636363
Inverted#7EAD4E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3267B4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#4168AFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Tritanopia#79647Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.56:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.78:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 12.5Medium purple · ΔE 12.9Slate blue · ΔE 14.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.3Medium orchid · ΔE 23Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 12.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#82B152
Analogous#5252B1, #B152B1
Triadic#B18152, #52B181
Split complementary#B1B052, #53B152
Tetradic#B15252, #82B152, #52B1B1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7DFF0
Lighter +30%#CEBBE1
Lighter +20%#B498D1
Lighter +10%#9B75C1
Darker −10%#68418F
Darker −20%#4E316C
Darker −30%#352149
Darker −40%#1B1126
More saturated +25%#8133D0
Less saturated −25%#817192

Channel breakdown

R129
G82
B177
Red129 (50.6%)
Green82 (32.2%)
Blue177 (69.4%)
Hue269.68°
Saturation (HSL)37.85%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 81 · G 52 · B B1

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 “8152b1” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.