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Recognised as Colour

#847BDD

  • #847BDD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#847BDD is a blue with RGB values 132, 123, 221 and HSL 246°, 59%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#847BDD#847BDD
HEX#847BDD
RGBrgb(132, 123, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.4824, 0.8667
RGB percentages51.8%, 48.2%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(245.5, 59%, 67.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(245.5, 44.3%, 86.7%)
CMYK40.3%, 44.3%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,682,461
CSS custom property--colour: #847BDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24292WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.86:1
Contrast with white3.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.86:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#7B8422

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#578AE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#5584DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Tritanopia#6A8FA1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.58:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.8Slate blue · ΔE 16.7Royal blue · ΔE 18.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.84, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D4DD7B
Analogous#7BA3DD, #B57BDD
Triadic#DD847B, #7BDD84
Split complementary#DDB57B, #A3DD7B
Tetradic#DD7BA3, #D4DD7B, #7BDDB5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5F5FC
Lighter +20%#D0CCF2
Lighter +10%#AAA4E7
Darker −10%#5E52D3
Darker −20%#3F32C0
Darker −30%#312798
Darker −40%#241D6F
More saturated +25%#7366F2
Less saturated −25%#9590C8

Channel breakdown

R132
G123
B221
Red132 (51.8%)
Green123 (48.2%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue245.51°
Saturation (HSL)59.04%
Lightness67.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G 7B · B DD

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