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Recognised as Colour

#845CB9

  • #845CB9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#845CB9 is a violet with RGB values 132, 92, 185 and HSL 266°, 40%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#845CB9#845CB9
HEX#845CB9
RGBrgb(132, 92, 185)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.3608, 0.7255
RGB percentages51.8%, 36.1%, 72.5%
HSLhsl(265.8, 39.9%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.8, 50.3%, 72.5%)
CMYK28.6%, 50.3%, 0%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,674,489
CSS custom property--colour: #845CB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16063WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.99:1
Contrast with white4.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B
Inverted#7BA346

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3E6FBCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original
Deuteranopia#496FB7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Tritanopia#7A6D82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.99:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 10.5Slate blue · ΔE 14.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.3Royal blue · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 10.49, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#91B95C
Analogous#5C63B9, #B25CB9
Triadic#B9845C, #5CB984
Split complementary#B9B35C, #62B95C
Tetradic#B95C63, #91B95C, #5CB9B2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0EBF6
Lighter +30%#D5C7E7
Lighter +20%#BAA3D8
Lighter +10%#9F80C8
Darker −10%#6B449E
Darker −20%#53357A
Darker −30%#3B2557
Darker −40%#221633
More saturated +25%#803FD6
Less saturated −25%#88799C

Channel breakdown

R132
G92
B185
Red132 (51.8%)
Green92 (36.1%)
Blue185 (72.5%)
Hue265.81°
Saturation (HSL)39.91%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G 5C · B B9

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