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Recognised as Colour

#827CED

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

#827CED is a blue with RGB values 130, 124, 237 and HSL 243°, 76%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#827CED#827CED
HEX#827CED
RGBrgb(130, 124, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.4863, 0.9294
RGB percentages51%, 48.6%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(243.2, 75.8%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243.2, 47.7%, 92.9%)
CMYK45.1%, 47.7%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,551,661
CSS custom property--colour: #827CED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25276WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.06:1
Contrast with white3.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.06:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#858585
Inverted#7D8312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4C8DF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#4786EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Tritanopia#5F94A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.47:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.2Slate blue · ΔE 13.2Royal blue · ΔE 13.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 14.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 21.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.21, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E7ED7C
Analogous#7CAEED, #BB7CED
Triadic#ED827C, #7CED82
Split complementary#EDBA7C, #AFED7C
Tetradic#ED7CAE, #E7ED7C, #7CEDBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D8D6F9
Lighter +10%#ADA9F3
Darker −10%#574FE7
Darker −20%#2C22E1
Darker −30%#2219B7
Darker −40%#19138A
More saturated +25%#726AFF
Less saturated −25%#938FDA

Channel breakdown

R130
G124
B237
Red130 (51%)
Green124 (48.6%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue243.19°
Saturation (HSL)75.84%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 82 · G 7C · B ED

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