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Recognised as Colour

#850FFB

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

#850FFB is a violet with RGB values 133, 15, 251 and HSL 270°, 97%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#850FFB#850FFB
HEX#850FFB
RGBrgb(133, 15, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.0588, 0.9843
RGB percentages52.2%, 5.9%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(270, 96.7%, 52.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 94%, 98.4%)
CMYK47%, 94%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,720,379
CSS custom property--colour: #850FFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12293WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.07:1
Contrast with white6.07:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#393939
Inverted#7AF004

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0064FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#005FF7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original
Tritanopia#626494no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 94.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.07:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.46:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 18.8Dark violet · ΔE 20.1Blue · ΔE 20.5Medium blue · ΔE 21.8Dark orchid · ΔE 33.7Fuchsia · ΔE 38.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 18.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#85FB0F
Analogous#0F0FFB, #FB0FFB
Triadic#FB850F, #0FFB85
Split complementary#FBFB0F, #0FFB0F
Tetradic#FB0F0F, #85FB0F, #0FFBFB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBD8FE
Lighter +30%#D2A5FE
Lighter +20%#B873FD
Lighter +10%#9E41FC
Darker −10%#6B04D3
Darker −20%#5203A1
Darker −30%#38026F
Darker −40%#1F013D
More saturated +25%#850BFF
Less saturated −25%#852DDC

Channel breakdown

R133
G15
B251
Red133 (52.2%)
Green15 (5.9%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)96.72%
Lightness52.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G 0F · B FB

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