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Recognised as Colour

#840ED7

  • #840ED7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#840ED7 is a violet with RGB values 132, 14, 215 and HSL 275°, 88%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#840ED7#840ED7
HEX#840ED7
RGBrgb(132, 14, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.0549, 0.8431
RGB percentages51.8%, 5.5%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(275.2, 87.8%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.2, 93.5%, 84.3%)
CMYK38.6%, 93.5%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,654,551
CSS custom property--colour: #840ED7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10126WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness102.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.94:1
Contrast with white6.94:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#363636
Inverted#7BF128

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0058DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0059D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.2 from the original
Tritanopia#72537Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.94:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 5.6Dark violet · ΔE 5.8Dark orchid · ΔE 18.2Medium blue · ΔE 21.9Dark blue · ΔE 33.6Blue · ΔE 33.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 5.63, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#61D70E
Analogous#1F0ED7, #D70EC6
Triadic#D7840E, #0ED784
Split complementary#C6D70E, #0ED71F
Tetradic#D71F0E, #61D70E, #0EC6D7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DEB7FA
Lighter +30%#C987F7
Lighter +20%#B357F4
Lighter +10%#9E27F1
Darker −10%#670BA7
Darker −20%#490877
Darker −30%#2C0547
Darker −40%#0E0217
More saturated +25%#8600E5
Less saturated −25%#7F2BBA

Channel breakdown

R132
G14
B215
Red132 (51.8%)
Green14 (5.5%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue275.22°
Saturation (HSL)87.77%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G 0E · B D7

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