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Recognised as Colour

#827ADA

  • #827ADA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#827ADA is a blue with RGB values 130, 122, 218 and HSL 245°, 56%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#827ADA#827ADA
HEX#827ADA
RGBrgb(130, 122, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.4784, 0.8549
RGB percentages51%, 47.8%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(245, 56.5%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(245, 44%, 85.5%)
CMYK40.4%, 44%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,551,130
CSS custom property--colour: #827ADA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23727WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.75:1
Contrast with white3.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#7D8525

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5788DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#5483D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Tritanopia#698D9Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.66:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 10.6Slate blue · ΔE 17.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.1Royal blue · ΔE 18.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 10.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D2DA7A
Analogous#7AA2DA, #B27ADA
Triadic#DA827A, #7ADA82
Split complementary#DAB27A, #A2DA7A
Tetradic#DA7AA2, #D2DA7A, #7ADAB2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2F2FB
Lighter +20%#CDCAF0
Lighter +10%#A7A2E5
Darker −10%#5C52CF
Darker −20%#3F34BA
Darker −30%#312992
Darker −40%#241E6A
More saturated +25%#7065EF
Less saturated −25%#948FC5

Channel breakdown

R130
G122
B218
Red130 (51%)
Green122 (47.8%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue245°
Saturation (HSL)56.47%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 82 · G 7A · B DA

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