#835799

A medium, muted purple closely aligning with Darkslateblue.

About #835799

When working with digital screens, the color #835799 is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Darkslateblue. Its digital footprint relies on 131 parts red, 87 parts green, and 153 parts blue light.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). Its ink density profile breaks down to 14% cyan, 43% magenta, 0% yellow, and 40% black. With a hue angle of 280.0 degrees, it sits comfortably in the purple spectrum.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#835799
RGB131, 87, 153
HSL280.0°, 27.5%, 47.1%
CMYK14%, 43%, 0%, 40%
HSV280.0°, 43.1%, 60.0%
LAB44.1, 30.6, -29.1
XYZ18.5, 13.9, 31.9
Decimal8607641

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

5.54:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA
3.79:1
Text on #000000
AA Large
5.30:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA
3.22:1
Text on #0F172A
AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #835799; }
.text-color { color: #835799; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #835799; }

Similar Colors

Darkslateblue
#483D8B