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Recognised as Colour

#833AAA

  • #833AAA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#833AAA is a violet with RGB values 131, 58, 170 and HSL 279°, 49%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#833AAA#833AAA
HEX#833AAA
RGBrgb(131, 58, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.2275, 0.6667
RGB percentages51.4%, 22.7%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(279.1, 49.1%, 44.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.1, 65.9%, 66.7%)
CMYK22.9%, 65.9%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,600,234
CSS custom property--colour: #833AAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10754WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness102 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.67:1
Contrast with white6.67:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#525252
Inverted#7CC555

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0059ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#2F5EA7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.7 from the original
Tritanopia#7E506Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.67:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 9.5Dark magenta · ΔE 16.4Purple · ΔE 16.7Medium orchid · ΔE 17.1Slate blue · ΔE 18.7Indigo · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 9.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#61AA3A
Analogous#4B3AAA, #AA3A99
Triadic#AA833A, #3AAA83
Split complementary#99AA3A, #3AAA4B
Tetradic#AA4B3A, #61AA3A, #3A99AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DEC5EB
Lighter +30%#C89FDE
Lighter +20%#B279D1
Lighter +10%#9D53C4
Darker −10%#662D84
Darker −20%#48205E
Darker −30%#2B1338
Darker −40%#0E0612
More saturated +25%#8C1DC6
Less saturated −25%#7A568E

Channel breakdown

R131
G58
B170
Red131 (51.4%)
Green58 (22.7%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue279.11°
Saturation (HSL)49.12%
Lightness44.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G 3A · B AA

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