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Recognised as Colour

#834CFF

  • #834CFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#834CFF is a violet with RGB values 131, 76, 255 and HSL 258°, 100%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#834CFF#834CFF
HEX#834CFF
RGBrgb(131, 76, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.298, 1
RGB percentages51.4%, 29.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(258.4, 100%, 64.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.4, 70.2%, 100%)
CMYK48.6%, 70.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,604,927
CSS custom property--colour: #834CFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17214WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.73:1
Contrast with white4.73:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#656565
Inverted#7CB300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0076FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#006FFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original
Tritanopia#597BA1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.73:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.44:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.6Dark violet · ΔE 19.6Dark orchid · ΔE 21.5Medium blue · ΔE 26.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.4Medium orchid · ΔE 33.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C8FF4C
Analogous#4C6EFF, #DD4CFF
Triadic#FF834C, #4CFF83
Split complementary#FFDC4C, #6FFF4C
Tetradic#FF4C6E, #C8FF4C, #4CFFDD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDE5FF
Lighter +20%#CAB2FF
Lighter +10%#A67FFF
Darker −10%#6019FF
Darker −20%#4600E5
Darker −30%#3700B2
Darker −40%#27007F
More saturated +25%#834CFF
Less saturated −25%#8C62E9

Channel breakdown

R131
G76
B255
Red131 (51.4%)
Green76 (29.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue258.44°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness64.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G 4C · B FF

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