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Recognised as Colour

#8000DA

  • #8000DA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8000DA is a violet with RGB values 128, 0, 218 and HSL 275°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8000DA#8000DA
HEX#8000DA
RGBrgb(128, 0, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0, 0.8549
RGB percentages50.2%, 0%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(275.2, 100%, 42.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.2, 100%, 85.5%)
CMYK41.3%, 100%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,388,826
CSS custom property--colour: #8000DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09651WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness101.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.17:1
Contrast with white7.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B
Inverted#7FFF25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0057DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0056D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.1 from the original
Tritanopia#6B5380no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.17:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.4Dark violet · ΔE 8.4Medium blue · ΔE 19.8Dark orchid · ΔE 21.9Blue · ΔE 30.1Dark blue · ΔE 35.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.41, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5ADA00
Analogous#1300DA, #DA00C7
Triadic#DA8000, #00DA80
Split complementary#C7DA00, #00DA13
Tetradic#DA1300, #5ADA00, #00C7DA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DBA7FF
Lighter +30%#C674FF
Lighter +20%#B141FF
Lighter +10%#9C0EFF
Darker −10%#6200A7
Darker −20%#440074
Darker −30%#260041
Darker −40%#08000E
More saturated +25%#8000DA
Less saturated −25%#7B1BBF

Channel breakdown

R128
G0
B218
Red128 (50.2%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue275.23°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness42.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 00 · B DA

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