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Colour

#850ABB

  • #850ABB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#850ABB is a violet with RGB values 133, 10, 187 and HSL 282°, 90%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#850ABB#850ABB
HEX#850ABB
RGBrgb(133, 10, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.0392, 0.7333
RGB percentages52.2%, 3.9%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(281.7, 89.8%, 38.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.7, 94.7%, 73.3%)
CMYK28.9%, 94.7%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,719,035
CSS custom property--colour: #850ABB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08791WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.61:1
Contrast with white7.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#313131
Inverted#7AF544

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004FBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0055B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.6 from the original
Tritanopia#7D446Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.61:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9.1Dark violet · ΔE 11.3Blue violet · ΔE 13.6Indigo · ΔE 24.7Dark magenta · ΔE 25.2Medium orchid · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.05, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#40BB0A
Analogous#2C0ABB, #BB0A99
Triadic#BB850A, #0ABB85
Split complementary#99BB0A, #0ABB2C
Tetradic#BB2C0A, #40BB0A, #0A99BB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DC98F9
Lighter +30%#CB67F7
Lighter +20%#BA37F4
Lighter +10%#A70DEB
Darker −10%#63078B
Darker −20%#40055A
Darker −30%#1E022A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8900C5
Less saturated −25%#7B23A2

Channel breakdown

R133
G10
B187
Red133 (52.2%)
Green10 (3.9%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue281.69°
Saturation (HSL)89.85%
Lightness38.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G 0A · B BB

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