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Recognised as Colour

#844CDC

  • #844CDC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#844CDC is a violet with RGB values 132, 76, 220 and HSL 263°, 67%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#844CDC#844CDC
HEX#844CDC
RGBrgb(132, 76, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.298, 0.8627
RGB percentages51.8%, 29.8%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(263.3, 67.3%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.3, 65.5%, 86.3%)
CMYK40%, 65.5%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,670,428
CSS custom property--colour: #844CDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15242WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.19:1
Contrast with white5.19:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#626262
Inverted#7BB323

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006DE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#006BD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Tritanopia#6E6E8Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.19:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 13.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 13.7Slate blue · ΔE 18.8Blue violet · ΔE 19.4Medium orchid · ΔE 20.2Medium purple · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 13.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A4DC4C
Analogous#4C5CDC, #CC4CDC
Triadic#DC844C, #4CDC84
Split complementary#DCCC4C, #5CDC4C
Tetradic#DC4C5C, #A4DC4C, #4CDCCC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9F7FD
Lighter +30%#DCCCF5
Lighter +20%#BFA1ED
Lighter +10%#A177E4
Darker −10%#6828CD
Darker −20%#5220A2
Darker −30%#3D1778
Darker −40%#270F4D
More saturated +25%#7E31F7
Less saturated −25%#8A67C1

Channel breakdown

R132
G76
B220
Red132 (51.8%)
Green76 (29.8%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue263.33°
Saturation (HSL)67.29%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G 4C · B DC

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