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Recognised as Colour

#832ACB

  • #832ACB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#832ACB is a violet with RGB values 131, 42, 203 and HSL 273°, 66%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#832ACB#832ACB
HEX#832ACB
RGBrgb(131, 42, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.1647, 0.7961
RGB percentages51.4%, 16.5%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(273.2, 65.7%, 48%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.2, 79.3%, 79.6%)
CMYK35.5%, 79.3%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,596,171
CSS custom property--colour: #832ACB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10793WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness104.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.65:1
Contrast with white6.65:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#494949
Inverted#7CD534

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005BCFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#005CC8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Tritanopia#75557Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.65:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 7.6Blue violet · ΔE 10.6Dark violet · ΔE 12.9Medium orchid · ΔE 24.4Indigo · ΔE 26Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 7.63, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#72CB2A
Analogous#332ACB, #CB2AC2
Triadic#CB832A, #2ACB83
Split complementary#C2CB2A, #2ACB33
Tetradic#CB332A, #72CB2A, #2AC2CB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3CCF5
Lighter +30%#CBA2EC
Lighter +20%#B378E3
Lighter +10%#9B4EDA
Darker −10%#6821A1
Darker −20%#4C1976
Darker −30%#31104C
Darker −40%#160722
More saturated +25%#860BEA
Less saturated −25%#8049AC

Channel breakdown

R131
G42
B203
Red131 (51.4%)
Green42 (16.5%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue273.17°
Saturation (HSL)65.71%
Lightness48.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G 2A · B CB

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