Colour

#8007BB

#8007BB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark orchid

#8007BB is a violet with RGB values 128, 7, 187 and HSL 280°, 93%, 38%. 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 orchid.

Colour values

#8007BB#8007BB

HEX#8007BB

RGBrgb(128, 7, 187)

RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.0275, 0.7333

RGB percentages50.2%, 2.7%, 73.3%

HSLhsl(280.3, 92.8%, 38%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280.3, 96.3%, 73.3%)

CMYK31.6%, 96.3%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,390,587

CSS custom property--colour: #8007BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08329WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness94.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.88:1

Contrast with white7.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#7FF844

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004EBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#0053B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.1 from the original

Tritanopia#76446Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 10.3 Dark violet · ΔE 10.9 Blue violet · ΔE 12.8 Indigo · ΔE 24.7 Dark magenta · ΔE 26.5 Dark blue · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 10.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#42BB07

Analogous#2607BB, #BB079C

Triadic#BB8007, #07BB80

Split complementary#9CBB07, #07BB26

Tetradic#BB2607, #42BB07, #079CBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#D993FB

Lighter +30%#C862F9

Lighter +20%#B631F7

Lighter +10%#A209EC

Darker −10%#5E058A

Darker −20%#3D0359

Darker −30%#1B0128

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8200C2

Less saturated −25%#781FA3

Channel breakdown

R128

B187

Red128 (50.2%)

Green7 (2.7%)

Blue187 (73.3%)

Hue280.33°

Saturation (HSL)92.78%

Lightness38.04%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 80 · G 07 · B BB

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