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Recognised as Colour

#840BF6

  • #840BF6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#840BF6 is a violet with RGB values 132, 11, 246 and HSL 271°, 93%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#840BF6#840BF6
HEX#840BF6
RGBrgb(132, 11, 246)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.0431, 0.9647
RGB percentages51.8%, 4.3%, 96.5%
HSLhsl(270.9, 92.9%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.9, 95.5%, 96.5%)
CMYK46.3%, 95.5%, 0%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,653,814
CSS custom property--colour: #840BF6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11799WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness110.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.25:1
Contrast with white6.25:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#363636
Inverted#7BF409

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0061FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#005DF2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original
Tritanopia#636291no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 92.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.25:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 17.2Dark violet · ΔE 18.4Medium blue · ΔE 21Blue · ΔE 21.4Dark orchid · ΔE 32.1Fuchsia · ΔE 38
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 17.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7DF60B
Analogous#0F0BF6, #F60BF2
Triadic#F6840B, #0BF684
Split complementary#F2F60B, #0BF60F
Tetradic#F60F0B, #7DF60B, #0BF2F6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7D0FD
Lighter +30%#CE9FFB
Lighter +20%#B66DFA
Lighter +10%#9D3CF8
Darker −10%#6A07C7
Darker −20%#500695
Darker −30%#350464
Darker −40%#1B0233
More saturated +25%#8402FF
Less saturated −25%#832BD6

Channel breakdown

R132
G11
B246
Red132 (51.8%)
Green11 (4.3%)
Blue246 (96.5%)
Hue270.89°
Saturation (HSL)92.89%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G 0B · B F6

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