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Recognised as Colour

#821CF0

  • #821CF0
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#821CF0 is a violet with RGB values 130, 28, 240 and HSL 269°, 88%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#821CF0#821CF0
HEX#821CF0
RGBrgb(130, 28, 240)
RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.1098, 0.9412
RGB percentages51%, 11%, 94.1%
HSLhsl(268.9, 87.6%, 52.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.9, 88.3%, 94.1%)
CMYK45.8%, 88.3%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,527,088
CSS custom property--colour: #821CF0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11868WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.22:1
Contrast with white6.22:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#7DE30F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0062F5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#005EECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.8 from the original
Tritanopia#63628Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.22:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.37:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.8Dark violet · ΔE 14.4Medium blue · ΔE 19.6Blue · ΔE 24.9Dark orchid · ΔE 27Fuchsia · ΔE 37.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8AF01C
Analogous#1C20F0, #EC1CF0
Triadic#F0821C, #1CF082
Split complementary#F0EC1C, #20F01C
Tetradic#F01C20, #8AF01C, #1CF0EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBDBFD
Lighter +30%#D1ACF9
Lighter +20%#B77CF6
Lighter +10%#9C4CF3
Darker −10%#690DCC
Darker −20%#500A9C
Darker −30%#38076C
Darker −40%#1F043C
More saturated +25%#810DFF
Less saturated −25%#833AD2

Channel breakdown

R130
G28
B240
Red130 (51%)
Green28 (11%)
Blue240 (94.1%)
Hue268.87°
Saturation (HSL)87.6%
Lightness52.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 82 · G 1C · B F0

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