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Colour

#8000FF

  • #8000FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#8000FF is a violet with RGB values 128, 0, 255 and HSL 270°, 100%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#8000FF#8000FF
HEX#8000FF
RGBrgb(128, 0, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0, 1
RGB percentages50.2%, 0%, 100%
HSLhsl(270.1, 100%, 50%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.1, 100%, 100%)
CMYK49.8%, 100%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,388,863
CSS custom property--colour: #8000FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11809WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.25:1
Contrast with white6.25:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#7FFF00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0063FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#005CFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original
Tritanopia#566596no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 99.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.25:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 17.4Medium blue · ΔE 22.6Blue violet · ΔE 22.9Dark violet · ΔE 24Dark orchid · ΔE 37.8Fuchsia · ΔE 40.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 17.39, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7FFF00
Analogous#0000FF, #FF00FF
Triadic#FF8000, #00FF80
Split complementary#FEFF00, #00FF00
Tetradic#FF0100, #7FFF00, #00FFFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6CCFF
Lighter +30%#CC99FF
Lighter +20%#B366FF
Lighter +10%#9933FF
Darker −10%#6600CC
Darker −20%#4D0099
Darker −30%#330066
Darker −40%#1A0033
More saturated +25%#8000FF
Less saturated −25%#8020DF

Channel breakdown

R128
G0
B255
Red128 (50.2%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue270.12°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness50%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 00 · B FF

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