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Colour

#842CED

  • #842CED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#842CED is a violet with RGB values 132, 44, 237 and HSL 267°, 84%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#842CED#842CED
HEX#842CED
RGBrgb(132, 44, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.1725, 0.9294
RGB percentages51.8%, 17.3%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(267.4, 84.3%, 55.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.4, 81.4%, 92.9%)
CMYK44.3%, 81.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,662,253
CSS custom property--colour: #842CED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12821WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.89:1
Contrast with white5.89:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D
Inverted#7BD312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0065F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0062EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original
Tritanopia#67658Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.89:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.56:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 5.9Dark violet · ΔE 11.8Medium blue · ΔE 21.1Dark orchid · ΔE 21.3Blue · ΔE 30.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 35.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 5.94, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#95ED2C
Analogous#2C35ED, #E42CED
Triadic#ED842C, #2CED84
Split complementary#EDE42C, #35ED2C
Tetradic#ED2C35, #95ED2C, #2CEDE4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2E8FD
Lighter +30%#D6B9F9
Lighter +20%#BB8AF5
Lighter +10%#9F5BF1
Darker −10%#6A12D4
Darker −20%#530EA5
Darker −30%#3B0A76
Darker −40%#240647
More saturated +25%#821AFF
Less saturated −25%#8749D0

Channel breakdown

R132
G44
B237
Red132 (51.8%)
Green44 (17.3%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue267.36°
Saturation (HSL)84.28%
Lightness55.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G 2C · B ED

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