Recognised as Colour

#821DFF

#821DFF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#821DFF is a violet with RGB values 130, 29, 255 and HSL 267°, 100%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#821DFF#821DFF

HEX#821DFF

RGBrgb(130, 29, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.1137, 1

RGB percentages51%, 11.4%, 100%

HSLhsl(266.8, 100%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(266.8, 88.6%, 100%)

CMYK49%, 88.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,527,359

CSS custom property--colour: #821DFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12845WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness113.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.88:1

Contrast with white5.88:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#434343

Inverted#7DE200

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0067FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#0060FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original

Tritanopia#596998no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 96.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 18.4 Blue · ΔE 20.1 Dark violet · ΔE 20.7 Medium blue · ΔE 21.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 33.6 Fuchsia · ΔE 39.6

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 18.4, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9AFF1D

Analogous#1D29FF, #F31DFF

Triadic#FF821D, #1DFF82

Split complementary#FFF31D, #29FF1D

Tetradic#FF1D29, #9AFF1D, #1DFFF3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3E9FF

Lighter +30%#D7B6FF

Lighter +20%#BA83FF

Lighter +10%#9E50FF

Darker −10%#6800E9

Darker −20%#5100B6

Darker −30%#3B0083

Darker −40%#240050

More saturated +25%#821DFF

Less saturated −25%#8539E3

Channel breakdown

R130

G29

B255

Red130 (51%)

Green29 (11.4%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue266.81°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness55.69%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 82 · G 1D · B FF

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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