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Recognised as Colour

#83609E

  • #83609E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#83609E is a violet with RGB values 131, 96, 158 and HSL 274°, 24%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#83609E#83609E
HEX#83609E
RGBrgb(131, 96, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.3765, 0.6196
RGB percentages51.4%, 37.6%, 62%
HSLhsl(273.9, 24.4%, 49.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.9, 39.2%, 62%)
CMYK17.1%, 39.2%, 0%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,609,950
CSS custom property--colour: #83609E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1566WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.7 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 black4.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#7C9F61

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#546DA0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#5C6F9Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Tritanopia#806977no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.2 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 text4.13:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.9Medium purple · ΔE 25.5Plum · ΔE 28.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 28.5Slate blue · ΔE 31Cornflower blue · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 20.88, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7B9E60
Analogous#64609E, #9E609A
Triadic#9E8360, #609E83
Split complementary#9A9E60, #609E64
Tetradic#9E6460, #7B9E60, #609A9E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6DFEB
Lighter +30%#CDBFD8
Lighter +20%#B49FC5
Lighter +10%#9C7FB2
Darker −10%#694D7E
Darker −20%#4E395F
Darker −30%#34263F
Darker −40%#1A131F
More saturated +25%#8740BE
Less saturated −25%#7F7F7F

Channel breakdown

R131
G96
B158
Red131 (51.4%)
Green96 (37.6%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue273.87°
Saturation (HSL)24.41%
Lightness49.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G 60 · B 9E

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