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840BD4
French violet
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Conversion

HEX 840BD4
RGB 132, 11, 212
CMYK 38, 95, 0, 17
HSB 276, 95, 83
HSL 276, 90, 44
LAB 38, 73, -74
XYZ 22, 10, 63
LCH 38, 104, 315
LUV 38, 20, -108
HWB 276, 4, 17

Variations

View this color variations of shades, tints, tones, hues and temperatures.

Shades

A shade is created by adding black to a base color, increasing its darkness. Shades appear more dramatic and richer.
840BD4
7B0AC6
710AB7
6809A7
5F0898
550789
4C067A
42066B
39055B
2F044C
26033D
1C022E
13021E
09010F
000000

Tints

A tint is created by adding white to a base color, increasing its lightness. Tints are likely to look pastel and less intense.
840BD4
900CE9
9B16F3
A32AF4
AB3DF5
B451F6
BC64F7
C477F8
CD8BF9
D59EFA
DEB1FB
E6C5FC
EED8FD
F7ECFE
FFFFFF

Tones

A tone is created by adding gray to a base color, increasing its lightness. Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
840BD4
8312CE
821AC7
8021C0
7F28B8
7D2FB1
7C36AA
7A3EA3
79459B
774C94
76538D
755B86
73627F
726977
707070

Hues

A hue refers to the basic family of a color from red to violet. Hues are variations of a base color on the color wheel.
0B83D4
0B61D4
0B3ED4
0B1CD4
1C0BD4
3E0BD4
610BD4
840BD4
A60BD4
C80BD4
D40BBD
D40B9A
D40B78
D40B55
D40B33

Temperatures

Color are often divided in cool and warm according to how we perceive them. Greens and blues are cool, whilst reds and yellows are warm.
480BD4
500BD4
590BD4
610BD4
6A0BD4
730BD4
7B0BD4
840BD4
8A0BC6
8F0BB7
950BA9
9B0B9B
A10B8C
A60B7E
AC0B70

Color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel. Learn more

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
0B19D5
840BD4
D50B9F

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors on the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
840BD4
5CD50B

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
840BD4
9FD50B
19D50B

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
840BD4
D5840B
0BD584

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel. They are very versatile, and work best with one dominant color.
840BD4
D50B5C
5CD50B
0BD584

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
840BD4
D51F0B
5CD50B
0BC1D5

Blindness simulator

Check how a color is perceived by color blind people to create accessible designs. Learn more

Protanopia

84% similar
1.3% of men, 0.02% of women
840BD4
4F4EA3

Protanomaly

94% similar
1.3% of men, 0.02% of women
840BD4
6D33BA

Deuteranopia

79% similar
1.2% of men, 0.01% of women
840BD4
565F97

Deuteranomaly

94% similar
5% of men, 0.35% of women
840BD4
6B2AB7

Tritanopia

59% similar
0.001% of men, 0.03% of women
840BD4
7D7C74

Tritanomaly

92% similar
0.0001% of the population
840BD4
8040AF

Achromatopsia

68% similar
0.003% of the population
840BD4
464646

Achromatomaly

88% similar
0.001% of the population
840BD4
622B86

Contrast checker

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White background

Very good 4/5
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Richard Lewis

Black background

Very poor 1/5
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Richard Lewis

Color libraries

View the most similar correspondences of this color with these popular color libraries.

Name

98% similar

RAL

84% similar
5D6970

HKS

88% similar
6E348B

Copic

86% similar

Prismacolor

94% similar

Color Palettes

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