Recognised as Colour

#8227AC

#8227AC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark orchid

#8227AC is a violet with RGB values 130, 39, 172 and HSL 281°, 63%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#8227AC

RGBrgb(130, 39, 172)

RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.1529, 0.6745

RGB percentages51%, 15.3%, 67.5%

HSLhsl(281.1, 63%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(281.1, 77.3%, 67.5%)

CMYK24.4%, 77.3%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,529,836

CSS custom property--colour: #8227AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09175WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness96.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.41:1

Contrast with white7.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#7DD853

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0051B0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#1157A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.7 from the original

Tritanopia#7D4769no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 12.2 Dark magenta · ΔE 15.3 Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.8 Indigo · ΔE 17.2 Purple · ΔE 17.7 Medium orchid · ΔE 18.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 12.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#51AC27

Analogous#3F27AC, #AC2794

Triadic#AC8227, #27AC82

Split complementary#94AC27, #27AC3F

Tetradic#AC3F27, #51AC27, #2794AC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DBB2ED

Lighter +30%#C788E4

Lighter +20%#B35EDB

Lighter +10%#A035D1

Darker −10%#631E82

Darker −20%#431459

Darker −30%#240B2F

Darker −40%#040106

More saturated +25%#8C0DC6

Less saturated −25%#784192

Channel breakdown

R130

G39

B172

Red130 (51%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue172 (67.5%)

Hue281.05°

Saturation (HSL)63.03%

Lightness41.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 82 · G 27 · B AC

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