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Colour

#822CED

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

#822CED is a violet with RGB values 130, 44, 237 and HSL 267°, 84%, 55%. 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

#822CED#822CED
HEX#822CED
RGBrgb(130, 44, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.1725, 0.9294
RGB percentages51%, 17.3%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(266.7, 84.3%, 55.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.7, 81.4%, 92.9%)
CMYK45.1%, 81.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,531,181
CSS custom property--colour: #822CED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12662WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.95:1
Contrast with white5.95:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C
Inverted#7DD312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0065F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0061EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Tritanopia#64658Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.95:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.53:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 6.3Dark violet · ΔE 12.2Medium blue · ΔE 20.6Dark orchid · ΔE 21.7Blue · ΔE 29.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 35.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 6.28, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#97ED2C
Analogous#2C37ED, #E22CED
Triadic#ED822C, #2CED82
Split complementary#EDE32C, #36ED2C
Tetradic#ED2C37, #97ED2C, #2CEDE2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1E8FD
Lighter +30%#D6B9F9
Lighter +20%#BA8AF5
Lighter +10%#9E5BF1
Darker −10%#6812D4
Darker −20%#510EA5
Darker −30%#3A0A76
Darker −40%#230647
More saturated +25%#801AFF
Less saturated −25%#8549D0

Channel breakdown

R130
G44
B237
Red130 (51%)
Green44 (17.3%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue266.74°
Saturation (HSL)84.28%
Lightness55.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 82 · G 2C · B ED

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