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Recognised as Colour

#8257DB

  • #8257DB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#8257DB is a violet with RGB values 130, 87, 219 and HSL 260°, 65%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#8257DB#8257DB
HEX#8257DB
RGBrgb(130, 87, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.3412, 0.8588
RGB percentages51%, 34.1%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(259.5, 64.7%, 60%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.5, 60.3%, 85.9%)
CMYK40.6%, 60.3%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,542,171
CSS custom property--colour: #8257DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16677WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.84:1
Contrast with white4.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#7DA824

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0073DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#086FD8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Tritanopia#6B7491no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.84:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 8.1Slate blue · ΔE 11.7Medium purple · ΔE 16.9Dark orchid · ΔE 18.9Medium orchid · ΔE 19.6Royal blue · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 8.13, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B0DB57
Analogous#576EDB, #C457DB
Triadic#DB8257, #57DB82
Split complementary#DBC457, #6EDB57
Tetradic#DB576E, #B0DB57, #57DBC4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E0D5F6
Lighter +20%#C0ABED
Lighter +10%#A181E4
Darker −10%#632DD2
Darker −20%#4F24A8
Darker −30%#3B1B7E
Darker −40%#271254
More saturated +25%#793DF4
Less saturated −25%#8B71C2

Channel breakdown

R130
G87
B219
Red130 (51%)
Green87 (34.1%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue259.55°
Saturation (HSL)64.71%
Lightness60%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 82 · G 57 · B DB

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