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Recognised as Colour

#840ABC

  • #840ABC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#840ABC is a violet with RGB values 132, 10, 188 and HSL 281°, 90%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#840ABC#840ABC
HEX#840ABC
RGBrgb(132, 10, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.0392, 0.7373
RGB percentages51.8%, 3.9%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(281.1, 89.9%, 38.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.1, 94.7%, 73.7%)
CMYK29.8%, 94.7%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,653,500
CSS custom property--colour: #840ABC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08753WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.63:1
Contrast with white7.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#313131
Inverted#7BF543

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004FC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0055B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.3 from the original
Tritanopia#7B456Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.63:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9.4Dark violet · ΔE 10.8Blue violet · ΔE 13Indigo · ΔE 25Dark magenta · ΔE 25.9Medium orchid · ΔE 26.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.39, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#42BC0A
Analogous#2B0ABC, #BC0A9B
Triadic#BC840A, #0ABC84
Split complementary#9BBC0A, #0ABC2B
Tetradic#BC2B0A, #42BC0A, #0A9BBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DB98FA
Lighter +30%#CA68F7
Lighter +20%#B938F4
Lighter +10%#A60DEC
Darker −10%#62078C
Darker −20%#40055B
Darker −30%#1E022B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8800C6
Less saturated −25%#7B23A3

Channel breakdown

R132
G10
B188
Red132 (51.8%)
Green10 (3.9%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue281.12°
Saturation (HSL)89.9%
Lightness38.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G 0A · B BC

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