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Recognised as Colour

#8000CE

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

#8000CE is a violet with RGB values 128, 0, 206 and HSL 277°, 100%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#8000CE#8000CE
HEX#8000CE
RGBrgb(128, 0, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0, 0.8078
RGB percentages50.2%, 0%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(277.3, 100%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.3, 100%, 80.8%)
CMYK37.9%, 100%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,388,814
CSS custom property--colour: #8000CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09045WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness98.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.48:1
Contrast with white7.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A
Inverted#7FFF31

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0053D3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0054CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.9 from the original
Tritanopia#704D78no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.48:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 5.6Blue violet · ΔE 7.1Dark orchid · ΔE 17.1Medium blue · ΔE 22.1Dark blue · ΔE 31.5Indigo · ΔE 33.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 5.59, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4ECE00
Analogous#1900CE, #CE00B5
Triadic#CE8000, #00CE80
Split complementary#B5CE00, #00CE19
Tetradic#CE1900, #4ECE00, #00B5CE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D99BFF
Lighter +30%#C668FF
Lighter +20%#B335FF
Lighter +10%#9F02FF
Darker −10%#60009B
Darker −20%#410068
Darker −30%#210035
Darker −40%#010002
More saturated +25%#8000CE
Less saturated −25%#7A1AB4

Channel breakdown

R128
G0
B206
Red128 (50.2%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue277.28°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 00 · B CE

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