Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#851BDD

  • #851BDD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#851BDD is a violet with RGB values 133, 27, 221 and HSL 273°, 78%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#851BDD#851BDD
HEX#851BDD
RGBrgb(133, 27, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.1059, 0.8667
RGB percentages52.2%, 10.6%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(272.8, 78.2%, 48.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.8, 87.8%, 86.7%)
CMYK39.8%, 87.8%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,723,421
CSS custom property--colour: #851BDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10991WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.57:1
Contrast with white6.57:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#404040
Inverted#7AE422

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005CE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#005CDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original
Tritanopia#715883no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.57:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.2:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 4.1Dark violet · ΔE 7Dark orchid · ΔE 18.2Medium blue · ΔE 21.8Blue · ΔE 33.1Dark blue · ΔE 34.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 4.07, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#73DD1B
Analogous#241BDD, #DD1BD4
Triadic#DD851B, #1BDD85
Split complementary#D4DD1B, #1BDD24
Tetradic#DD241B, #73DD1B, #1BD4DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4CBF9
Lighter +30%#CC9EF3
Lighter +20%#B570EE
Lighter +10%#9D43E8
Darker −10%#6A15B0
Darker −20%#4E1082
Darker −30%#330A55
Darker −40%#180527
More saturated +25%#8800F8
Less saturated −25%#823ABE

Channel breakdown

R133
G27
B221
Red133 (52.2%)
Green27 (10.6%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue272.78°
Saturation (HSL)78.23%
Lightness48.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G 1B · B DD

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “851bdd” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.