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Recognised as Colour

#8246B2

  • #8246B2
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#8246B2 is a violet with RGB values 130, 70, 178 and HSL 273°, 44%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#8246B2#8246B2
HEX#8246B2
RGBrgb(130, 70, 178)
RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.2745, 0.698
RGB percentages51%, 27.5%, 69.8%
HSLhsl(273.3, 43.5%, 48.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.3, 60.7%, 69.8%)
CMYK27%, 60.7%, 0%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,537,778
CSS custom property--colour: #8246B2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1234WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.06:1
Contrast with white6.06:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B
Inverted#7DB94D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1560B5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original
Deuteranopia#3363AFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Tritanopia#7A5B75no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.06:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.47:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 9.3Slate blue · ΔE 14.4Medium purple · ΔE 16.1Medium orchid · ΔE 18Medium slateblue · ΔE 21Purple · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 9.28, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#76B246
Analogous#4C46B2, #B246AC
Triadic#B28246, #46B282
Split complementary#ACB246, #46B24C
Tetradic#B24C46, #76B246, #46ACB2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3D5EF
Lighter +30%#CBB1E0
Lighter +20%#B38CD2
Lighter +10%#9B68C3
Darker −10%#67388D
Darker −20%#4D2969
Darker −30%#321B44
Darker −40%#170C20
More saturated +25%#8527D1
Less saturated −25%#7F6593

Channel breakdown

R130
G70
B178
Red130 (51%)
Green70 (27.5%)
Blue178 (69.8%)
Hue273.33°
Saturation (HSL)43.55%
Lightness48.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 82 · G 46 · B B2

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