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Recognised as Colour

#8000BC

  • #8000BC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#8000BC is a violet with RGB values 128, 0, 188 and HSL 281°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#8000BC#8000BC
HEX#8000BC
RGBrgb(128, 0, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0, 0.7373
RGB percentages50.2%, 0%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(280.9, 100%, 36.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.9, 100%, 73.7%)
CMYK31.9%, 100%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,388,796
CSS custom property--colour: #8000BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0822WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.94:1
Contrast with white7.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#292929
Inverted#7FFF43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004DC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0052B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.2 from the original
Tritanopia#76446Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.94:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 9.8Dark orchid · ΔE 11.3Blue violet · ΔE 12.1Indigo · ΔE 25.8Dark blue · ΔE 27.7Dark magenta · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 9.77, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3CBC00
Analogous#2200BC, #BC009A
Triadic#BC8000, #00BC80
Split complementary#9ABC00, #00BC22
Tetradic#BC2200, #3CBC00, #009ABC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D989FF
Lighter +30%#C956FF
Lighter +20%#B923FF
Lighter +10%#A300EF
Darker −10%#5D0089
Darker −20%#3B0056
Darker −30%#180023
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8000BC
Less saturated −25%#7818A5

Channel breakdown

R128
G0
B188
Red128 (50.2%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue280.85°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness36.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 00 · B BC

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