HEX Color #831DB6 (Darkorchid)

About #831DB6

Visually, #831DB6 is defined as a vivid purple. Designers often compare it to the standard color Darkorchid. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 131, 29, and 182.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 28% cyan and 84% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 280.0° hue, 72.5% saturation, and 41.4% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. To prevent eye strain, #FFFFFF text pairs best with this hex code. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#831DB6

RGB131, 29, 182

HSL280.0°, 72.5%, 41.4%

CMYK28%, 84%, 0%, 29%

HSV280.0°, 84.1%, 71.4%

LAB36.1, 63.7, -59.1

XYZ18.2, 9.1, 45.0

Decimal8592822

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#831DB6 #4FB61D

Analogous

#361DB6 #B61D9C

Triadic

#B6831D #1DB683

Tetradic

#B6361D #4FB61D #1D9CB6

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#831DB6

#9036BE

#9E4FC6

#AC68CE

#BA81D6

#C79ADE

#D5B3E6

#E3CCEE

#F1E5F6

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#831DB6

#7419A1

#65168D

#571379

#481065

#3A0C50

#2B093C

#1D0628

#0E0314

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

7.46:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AAA

2.82:1

Text on #000000

FAIL

7.13:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AAA

2.39:1

Text on #0F172A

FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #831DB6; }

.text-color { color: #831DB6; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #831DB6; }

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Darkorchid

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