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Recognised as Colour

#850CDC

  • #850CDC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#850CDC is a violet with RGB values 133, 12, 220 and HSL 275°, 90%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#850CDC#850CDC
HEX#850CDC
RGBrgb(133, 12, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.0471, 0.8627
RGB percentages52.2%, 4.7%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(274.9, 89.7%, 45.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.9, 94.5%, 86.3%)
CMYK39.5%, 94.5%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,719,580
CSS custom property--colour: #850CDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10417WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness104.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.81:1
Contrast with white6.81:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#353535
Inverted#7AF323

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0059E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#005AD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.3 from the original
Tritanopia#715581no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.81:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.08:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 6.8Dark violet · ΔE 7.1Dark orchid · ΔE 20.4Medium blue · ΔE 21.2Blue · ΔE 31.5Dark blue · ΔE 35.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 6.81, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#63DC0C
Analogous#1D0CDC, #DC0CCB
Triadic#DC850C, #0CDC85
Split complementary#CBDC0C, #0CDC1D
Tetradic#DC1D0C, #63DC0C, #0CCBDC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFB9FB
Lighter +30%#CA88F9
Lighter +20%#B458F6
Lighter +10%#9E28F3
Darker −10%#6809AC
Darker −20%#4B077B
Darker −30%#2D044B
Darker −40%#10011B
More saturated +25%#8700E8
Less saturated −25%#8029BF

Channel breakdown

R133
G12
B220
Red133 (52.2%)
Green12 (4.7%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue274.9°
Saturation (HSL)89.66%
Lightness45.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G 0C · B DC

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