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Colour

#8259BD

  • #8259BD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#8259BD is a violet with RGB values 130, 89, 189 and HSL 265°, 43%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#8259BD#8259BD
HEX#8259BD
RGBrgb(130, 89, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.349, 0.7412
RGB percentages51%, 34.9%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(264.6, 43.1%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.6, 52.9%, 74.1%)
CMYK31.2%, 52.9%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,542,653
CSS custom property--colour: #8259BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15565WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.11:1
Contrast with white5.11:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#696969
Inverted#7DA642

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#346EC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#406DBBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.9 from the original
Tritanopia#766C82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.11:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.11:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.3Slate blue · ΔE 11.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.1Royal blue · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)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#94BD59
Analogous#5962BD, #B459BD
Triadic#BD8259, #59BD82
Split complementary#BDB459, #62BD59
Tetradic#BD5962, #94BD59, #59BDB4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0EBF7
Lighter +30%#D4C6E9
Lighter +20%#B9A2DA
Lighter +10%#9D7DCC
Darker −10%#6941A2
Darker −20%#51327E
Darker −30%#3A2459
Darker −40%#221535
More saturated +25%#7D3CDA
Less saturated −25%#8776A0

Channel breakdown

R130
G89
B189
Red130 (51%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue264.6°
Saturation (HSL)43.1%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 82 · G 59 · B BD

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