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Recognised as Colour

#820CC3

  • #820CC3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#820CC3 is a violet with RGB values 130, 12, 195 and HSL 279°, 88%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#820CC3#820CC3
HEX#820CC3
RGBrgb(130, 12, 195)
RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.0471, 0.7647
RGB percentages51%, 4.7%, 76.5%
HSLhsl(278.7, 88.4%, 40.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.7, 93.8%, 76.5%)
CMYK33.3%, 93.8%, 0%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,522,947
CSS custom property--colour: #820CC3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08949WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.53:1
Contrast with white7.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#323232
Inverted#7DF33C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0051C7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0055C0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.4 from the original
Tritanopia#764972no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.53:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 8.3Blue violet · ΔE 9.8Dark orchid · ΔE 11.3Medium blue · ΔE 26.7Indigo · ΔE 27.5Dark blue · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 8.25, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4DC30C
Analogous#270CC3, #C30CA8
Triadic#C3820C, #0CC382
Split complementary#A8C30C, #0CC327
Tetradic#C3270C, #4DC30C, #0CA8C3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DAA2F9
Lighter +30%#C772F6
Lighter +20%#B442F3
Lighter +10%#A112F0
Darker −10%#620993
Darker −20%#420663
Darker −30%#220333
Darker −40%#020003
More saturated +25%#8500CF
Less saturated −25%#7B26A9

Channel breakdown

R130
G12
B195
Red130 (51%)
Green12 (4.7%)
Blue195 (76.5%)
Hue278.69°
Saturation (HSL)88.41%
Lightness40.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 82 · G 0C · B C3

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