Recognised as Colour

#835EC3

#835EC3
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#835EC3 is a violet with RGB values 131, 94, 195 and HSL 262°, 46%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#835EC3

RGBrgb(131, 94, 195)

RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.3686, 0.7647

RGB percentages51.4%, 36.9%, 76.5%

HSLhsl(262, 45.7%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(262, 51.8%, 76.5%)

CMYK32.8%, 51.8%, 0%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,609,475

CSS custom property--colour: #835EC3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16771WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness121 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.82:1

Contrast with white4.82:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D

Inverted#7CA13C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3972C6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#4271C1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original

Tritanopia#757288no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 7.4 Slate blue · ΔE 10.5 Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.3 Medium slateblue · ΔE 18.7 Royal blue · ΔE 20.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 21

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 7.42, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#9EC35E

Analogous#5E6CC3, #B55EC3

Triadic#C3835E, #5EC383

Split complementary#C3B55E, #6CC35E

Tetradic#C35E6C, #9EC35E, #5EC3B5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F5F3FA

Lighter +30%#D9CDED

Lighter +20%#BCA8DF

Lighter +10%#A083D1

Darker −10%#6841AD

Darker −20%#523388

Darker −30%#3C2563

Darker −40%#25173E

More saturated +25%#7C42DF

Less saturated −25%#8A7AA7

Channel breakdown

R131

G94

B195

Red131 (51.4%)

Green94 (36.9%)

Blue195 (76.5%)

Hue261.98°

Saturation (HSL)45.7%

Lightness56.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 83 · G 5E · B C3

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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