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Recognised as Colour

#815DC1

  • #815DC1
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#815DC1 is a violet with RGB values 129, 93, 193 and HSL 262°, 45%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#815DC1#815DC1
HEX#815DC1
RGBrgb(129, 93, 193)
RGB (0–1)0.5059, 0.3647, 0.7569
RGB percentages50.6%, 36.5%, 75.7%
HSLhsl(261.6, 44.6%, 56.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.6, 51.8%, 75.7%)
CMYK33.2%, 51.8%, 0%, 24.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,478,145
CSS custom property--colour: #815DC1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16346WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.92:1
Contrast with white4.92:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#7EA23E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3871C4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#416FBFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Tritanopia#737086no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.92:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.27:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 8Slate blue · ΔE 10.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.2Royal blue · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 8.03, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9DC15D
Analogous#5D6BC1, #B35DC1
Triadic#C1815D, #5DC181
Split complementary#C1B35D, #6BC15D
Tetradic#C15D6B, #9DC15D, #5DC1B3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4F1F9
Lighter +30%#D7CCEB
Lighter +20%#BAA7DD
Lighter +10%#9E82CF
Darker −10%#6741AA
Darker −20%#513385
Darker −30%#3A2560
Darker −40%#24173B
More saturated +25%#7941DD
Less saturated −25%#8979A5

Channel breakdown

R129
G93
B193
Red129 (50.6%)
Green93 (36.5%)
Blue193 (75.7%)
Hue261.6°
Saturation (HSL)44.64%
Lightness56.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 81 · G 5D · B C1

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