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Recognised as Colour

#837BED

  • #837BED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#837BED is a blue with RGB values 131, 123, 237 and HSL 244°, 76%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#837BED#837BED
HEX#837BED
RGBrgb(131, 123, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.4824, 0.9294
RGB percentages51.4%, 48.2%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(244.2, 76%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(244.2, 48.1%, 92.9%)
CMYK44.7%, 48.1%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,616,941
CSS custom property--colour: #837BED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25106WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.02:1
Contrast with white3.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.02:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#858585
Inverted#7C8412

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4B8DF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#4686EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Tritanopia#6193A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.49:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 8.8Slate blue · ΔE 12.8Royal blue · ΔE 13.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 13.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 8.83, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5ED7B
Analogous#7BACED, #BC7BED
Triadic#ED837B, #7BED83
Split complementary#EDBC7B, #ACED7B
Tetradic#ED7BAC, #E5ED7B, #7BEDBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D7D5F9
Lighter +10%#ADA8F3
Darker −10%#594EE7
Darker −20%#2F21E1
Darker −30%#2419B6
Darker −40%#1B1389
More saturated +25%#7469FF
Less saturated −25%#938EDA

Channel breakdown

R131
G123
B237
Red131 (51.4%)
Green123 (48.2%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue244.21°
Saturation (HSL)76%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G 7B · B ED

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