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Recognised as Colour

#84199A

  • #84199A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark magenta

#84199A is a violet with RGB values 132, 25, 154 and HSL 290°, 72%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark magenta.

Colour values

#84199A#84199A
HEX#84199A
RGBrgb(132, 25, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.098, 0.6039
RGB percentages51.8%, 9.8%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(289.8, 72.1%, 35.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.8, 83.8%, 60.4%)
CMYK14.3%, 83.8%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,657,306
CSS custom property--colour: #84199A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07934WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness91 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.12:1
Contrast with white8.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#393939
Inverted#7BE665

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00499Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#265397no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.5 from the original
Tritanopia#84375Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.12:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark magenta · ΔE 8Purple · ΔE 10.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.6Indigo · ΔE 17.1Dark orchid · ΔE 17.9Medium orchid · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark magenta (#8B008B)ΔE 8.01, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2F9A19
Analogous#44199A, #9A196F
Triadic#9A8419, #199A84
Split complementary#709A19, #199A44
Tetradic#9A4319, #2F9A19, #196F9A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DE92ED
Lighter +30%#D066E6
Lighter +20%#C33ADF
Lighter +10%#AA20C6
Darker −10%#5E126E
Darker −20%#390B42
Darker −30%#130416
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#9303B0
Less saturated −25%#752F84

Channel breakdown

R132
G25
B154
Red132 (51.8%)
Green25 (9.8%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue289.77°
Saturation (HSL)72.07%
Lightness35.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G 19 · B 9A

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