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Recognised as Colour

#8277EA

  • #8277EA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#8277EA is a blue with RGB values 130, 119, 234 and HSL 246°, 73%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#8277EA#8277EA
HEX#8277EA
RGBrgb(130, 119, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.4667, 0.9176
RGB percentages51%, 46.7%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(245.7, 73.2%, 69.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(245.7, 49.1%, 91.8%)
CMYK44.4%, 49.1%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,550,378
CSS custom property--colour: #8277EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2388WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.78:1
Contrast with white3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.78:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#828282
Inverted#7D8815

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#458AEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#4183E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Tritanopia#618FA5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 8.1Slate blue · ΔE 11.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 12.5Royal blue · ΔE 13.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 8.11, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFEA77
Analogous#77A5EA, #BB77EA
Triadic#EA8277, #77EA82
Split complementary#EABC77, #A5EA77
Tetradic#EA77A6, #DFEA77, #77EABC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCFCFE
Lighter +20%#D3CFF8
Lighter +10%#ABA3F1
Darker −10%#594BE3
Darker −20%#3322D9
Darker −30%#291BAD
Darker −40%#1E1481
More saturated +25%#7263FE
Less saturated −25%#928BD6

Channel breakdown

R130
G119
B234
Red130 (51%)
Green119 (46.7%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue245.74°
Saturation (HSL)73.25%
Lightness69.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 82 · G 77 · B EA

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