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Recognised as Colour

#815DC2

  • #815DC2
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#815DC2 is a violet with RGB values 129, 93, 194 and HSL 261°, 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

#815DC2#815DC2
HEX#815DC2
RGBrgb(129, 93, 194)
RGB (0–1)0.5059, 0.3647, 0.7608
RGB percentages50.6%, 36.5%, 76.1%
HSLhsl(261.4, 45.3%, 56.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.4, 52.1%, 76.1%)
CMYK33.5%, 52.1%, 0%, 23.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,478,146
CSS custom property--colour: #815DC2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16391WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.91:1
Contrast with white4.91:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#7EA23D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3771C5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original
Deuteranopia#4070C0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Tritanopia#737187no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.91:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 7.8Slate blue · ΔE 10.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 18.7Royal blue · ΔE 20.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 7.82, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9EC25D
Analogous#5D6BC2, #B45DC2
Triadic#C2815D, #5DC281
Split complementary#C2B45D, #6BC25D
Tetradic#C25D6B, #9EC25D, #5DC2B4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4F1FA
Lighter +30%#D7CCEC
Lighter +20%#BBA7DE
Lighter +10%#9E82D0
Darker −10%#6741AB
Darker −20%#503386
Darker −30%#3A2561
Darker −40%#24173C
More saturated +25%#7941DE
Less saturated −25%#8979A6

Channel breakdown

R129
G93
B194
Red129 (50.6%)
Green93 (36.5%)
Blue194 (76.1%)
Hue261.39°
Saturation (HSL)45.29%
Lightness56.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 81 · G 5D · B C2

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