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Recognised as Colour

#83189C

  • #83189C
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark magenta

#83189C is a violet with RGB values 131, 24, 156 and HSL 289°, 73%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark magenta.

Colour values

#83189C#83189C
HEX#83189C
RGBrgb(131, 24, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.0941, 0.6118
RGB percentages51.4%, 9.4%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(288.6, 73.3%, 35.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.6, 84.6%, 61.2%)
CMYK16%, 84.6%, 0%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,591,516
CSS custom property--colour: #83189C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07879WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness90.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.15:1
Contrast with white8.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#383838
Inverted#7CE763

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00499Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44 from the original
Deuteranopia#215399no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.8 from the original
Tritanopia#82385Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.15:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark magenta · ΔE 9.2Purple · ΔE 11.7Indigo · ΔE 16.7Dark orchid · ΔE 16.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 17Medium orchid · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark magenta (#8B008B)ΔE 9.16, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#319C18
Analogous#41189C, #9C1873
Triadic#9C8318, #189C83
Split complementary#739C18, #189C41
Tetradic#9C4118, #319C18, #18739C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DD92EE
Lighter +30%#CF66E7
Lighter +20%#C139E1
Lighter +10%#A81FC8
Darker −10%#5E1170
Darker −20%#390A44
Darker −30%#140417
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#9101B3
Less saturated −25%#752E86

Channel breakdown

R131
G24
B156
Red131 (51.4%)
Green24 (9.4%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue288.64°
Saturation (HSL)73.33%
Lightness35.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G 18 · B 9C

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