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Recognised as Colour

#8000AB

  • #8000AB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#8000AB is a violet with RGB values 128, 0, 171 and HSL 285°, 100%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#8000AB#8000AB
HEX#8000AB
RGBrgb(128, 0, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0, 0.6706
RGB percentages50.2%, 0%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(284.9, 100%, 33.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284.9, 100%, 67.1%)
CMYK25.1%, 100%, 0%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,388,779
CSS custom property--colour: #8000AB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07529WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness90.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.38:1
Contrast with white8.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#282828
Inverted#7FFF54

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0048AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43 from the original
Deuteranopia#0050A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.5 from the original
Tritanopia#7B3B63no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.38:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 10.7Dark violet · ΔE 17.4Dark magenta · ΔE 19.4Blue violet · ΔE 19.7Indigo · ΔE 19.8Purple · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 10.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2BAB00
Analogous#2B00AB, #AB0080
Triadic#AB8000, #00AB80
Split complementary#80AB00, #00AB2B
Tetradic#AB2B00, #2BAB00, #0080AB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DD78FF
Lighter +30%#D045FF
Lighter +20%#C312FF
Lighter +10%#A600DE
Darker −10%#5A0078
Darker −20%#340045
Darker −30%#0D0012
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8000AB
Less saturated −25%#751596

Channel breakdown

R128
G0
B171
Red128 (50.2%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue284.91°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness33.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 00 · B AB

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