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Recognised as Colour

#8329CB

  • #8329CB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#8329CB is a violet with RGB values 131, 41, 203 and HSL 273°, 66%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#8329CB#8329CB
HEX#8329CB
RGBrgb(131, 41, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.1608, 0.7961
RGB percentages51.4%, 16.1%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(273.3, 66.4%, 47.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.3, 79.8%, 79.6%)
CMYK35.5%, 79.8%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,595,915
CSS custom property--colour: #8329CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10723WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness104 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.68:1
Contrast with white6.68:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#484848
Inverted#7CD634

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005ACFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#005CC8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original
Tritanopia#75557Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.68:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 7.8Blue violet · ΔE 10.3Dark violet · ΔE 12.5Medium orchid · ΔE 24.7Indigo · ΔE 26.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 7.82, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#71CB29
Analogous#3229CB, #CB29C2
Triadic#CB8329, #29CB83
Split complementary#C2CB29, #29CB32
Tetradic#CB3229, #71CB29, #29C2CB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2CBF5
Lighter +30%#CBA1EC
Lighter +20%#B377E3
Lighter +10%#9B4CDB
Darker −10%#6820A1
Darker −20%#4C1876
Darker −30%#310F4C
Darker −40%#150721
More saturated +25%#860BE9
Less saturated −25%#8048AC

Channel breakdown

R131
G41
B203
Red131 (51.4%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue273.33°
Saturation (HSL)66.39%
Lightness47.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G 29 · B CB

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