Colour

#817CC6

#817CC6
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#817CC6 is a blue with RGB values 129, 124, 198 and HSL 244°, 39%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

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HEX#817CC6

RGBrgb(129, 124, 198)

RGB (0–1)0.5059, 0.4863, 0.7765

RGB percentages50.6%, 48.6%, 77.6%

HSLhsl(244.1, 39.4%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(244.1, 37.4%, 77.6%)

CMYK34.8%, 37.4%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,486,086

CSS custom property--colour: #817CC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2316WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness135.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.63:1

Contrast with white3.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.63:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#828282

Inverted#7E8339

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6586C9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#6382C4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original

Tritanopia#6F8A98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.73:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 16.6 Medium purple · ΔE 21.3 Steel blue · ΔE 24.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.6 Plum · ΔE 27.5 Dodgerblue · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 16.62, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#C1C67C

Analogous#7C9CC6, #A67CC6

Triadic#C6817C, #7CC681

Split complementary#C6A67C, #9CC67C

Tetradic#C67C9C, #C1C67C, #7CC6A6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E8E7F4

Lighter +20%#C5C3E5

Lighter +10%#A3A0D5

Darker −10%#5F58B7

Darker −20%#494399

Darker −30%#383376

Darker −40%#272452

More saturated +25%#6D64DE

Less saturated −25%#9593AF

Channel breakdown

R129

G124

B198

Red129 (50.6%)

Green124 (48.6%)

Blue198 (77.6%)

Hue244.05°

Saturation (HSL)39.36%

Lightness63.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 81 · G 7C · B C6

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