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Recognised as Colour

#834BBB

  • #834BBB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#834BBB is a violet with RGB values 131, 75, 187 and HSL 270°, 45%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#834BBB#834BBB
HEX#834BBB
RGBrgb(131, 75, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.2941, 0.7333
RGB percentages51.4%, 29.4%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(270, 45.2%, 51.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 59.9%, 73.3%)
CMYK29.9%, 59.9%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,604,603
CSS custom property--colour: #834BBB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13445WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.69:1
Contrast with white5.69:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#7CB444

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1465BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34 from the original
Deuteranopia#3167B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Tritanopia#79627Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.69:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.69:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 11.3Slate blue · ΔE 12.1Medium purple · ΔE 14.4Medium orchid · ΔE 17.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 18Dark orchid · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 11.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#83BB4B
Analogous#4B4BBB, #BB4BBB
Triadic#BB834B, #4BBB83
Split complementary#BBBB4B, #4BBB4B
Tetradic#BB4B4B, #83BB4B, #4BBBBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9DFF3
Lighter +30%#D0BAE5
Lighter +20%#B695D7
Lighter +10%#9C70C9
Darker −10%#6A3A99
Darker −20%#502C74
Darker −30%#361E4F
Darker −40%#1D102A
More saturated +25%#832CDA
Less saturated −25%#836A9C

Channel breakdown

R131
G75
B187
Red131 (51.4%)
Green75 (29.4%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)45.16%
Lightness51.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G 4B · B BB

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