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Recognised as Colour

#822BFF

  • #822BFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#822BFF is a violet with RGB values 130, 43, 255 and HSL 265°, 100%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#822BFF#822BFF
HEX#822BFF
RGBrgb(130, 43, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.1686, 1
RGB percentages51%, 16.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(264.6, 100%, 58.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.6, 83.1%, 100%)
CMYK49%, 83.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,530,943
CSS custom property--colour: #822BFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13694WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.62:1
Contrast with white5.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D
Inverted#7DD400

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006AFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0064FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original
Tritanopia#596D9Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 93.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.62:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.74:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.9Dark violet · ΔE 18.7Medium blue · ΔE 20.8Blue · ΔE 22.8Dark orchid · ΔE 30.2Fuchsia · ΔE 39.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A8FF2B
Analogous#2B3EFF, #EC2BFF
Triadic#FF822B, #2BFF82
Split complementary#FFEC2B, #3EFF2B
Tetradic#FF2B3E, #A8FF2B, #2BFFEC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAF7FF
Lighter +30%#DCC4FF
Lighter +20%#BE91FF
Lighter +10%#A05EFF
Darker −10%#6500F7
Darker −20%#5000C4
Darker −30%#3C0091
Darker −40%#27005E
More saturated +25%#822BFF
Less saturated −25%#8746E5

Channel breakdown

R130
G43
B255
Red130 (51%)
Green43 (16.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue264.62°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness58.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 82 · G 2B · B FF

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