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Recognised as Colour

#835ABA

  • #835ABA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#835ABA is a violet with RGB values 131, 90, 186 and HSL 266°, 41%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#835ABA#835ABA
HEX#835ABA
RGBrgb(131, 90, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.3529, 0.7294
RGB percentages51.4%, 35.3%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(265.6, 41%, 54.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.6, 51.6%, 72.9%)
CMYK29.6%, 51.6%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,608,442
CSS custom property--colour: #835ABA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15683WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.08:1
Contrast with white5.08:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#7CA545

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#396EBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#456EB8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.6 from the original
Tritanopia#786C81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.08:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 10Slate blue · ΔE 13.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.9Royal blue · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 10, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#91BA5A
Analogous#5A61BA, #B35ABA
Triadic#BA835A, #5ABA83
Split complementary#BAB35A, #61BA5A
Tetradic#BA5A61, #91BA5A, #5ABAB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFEAF6
Lighter +30%#D4C6E7
Lighter +20%#B9A2D8
Lighter +10%#9E7EC9
Darker −10%#6A429F
Darker −20%#52337B
Darker −30%#3A2457
Darker −40%#221533
More saturated +25%#7F3DD7
Less saturated −25%#87779D

Channel breakdown

R131
G90
B186
Red131 (51.4%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue265.63°
Saturation (HSL)41.03%
Lightness54.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G 5A · B BA

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