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Recognised as Colour

#836BB4

  • #836BB4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#836BB4 is a violet with RGB values 131, 107, 180 and HSL 260°, 33%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#836BB4#836BB4
HEX#836BB4
RGBrgb(131, 107, 180)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.4196, 0.7059
RGB percentages51.4%, 42%, 70.6%
HSLhsl(259.7, 32.7%, 56.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.7, 40.6%, 70.6%)
CMYK27.2%, 40.6%, 0%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,612,788
CSS custom property--colour: #836BB4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18636WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.73:1
Contrast with white4.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.73:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#7C944B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5778B7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#5C77B2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Tritanopia#797887no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.44:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 19.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.2Slate blue · ΔE 25.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 27.4Plum · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 19.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9CB46B
Analogous#6B78B4, #A76BB4
Triadic#B4836B, #6BB483
Split complementary#B4A76B, #78B46B
Tetradic#B46B78, #9CB46B, #6BB4A7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4F2F9
Lighter +30%#D8D1E7
Lighter +20%#BCAFD6
Lighter +10%#9F8DC5
Darker −10%#694F9D
Darker −20%#523E7B
Darker −30%#3B2D59
Darker −40%#251C37
More saturated +25%#794FD0
Less saturated −25%#8D8798

Channel breakdown

R131
G107
B180
Red131 (51.4%)
Green107 (42%)
Blue180 (70.6%)
Hue259.73°
Saturation (HSL)32.74%
Lightness56.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G 6B · B B4

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