Recognised as Colour

#801FFF

#801FFF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#801FFF is a violet with RGB values 128, 31, 255 and HSL 266°, 100%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#801FFF#801FFF

HEX#801FFF

RGBrgb(128, 31, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.1216, 1

RGB percentages50.2%, 12.2%, 100%

HSLhsl(266, 100%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(266, 87.8%, 100%)

CMYK49.8%, 87.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,396,799

CSS custom property--colour: #801FFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12789WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness113.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.9:1

Contrast with white5.9:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#7FE000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0067FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#0060FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original

Tritanopia#556A98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 97.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.56:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 18.2 Blue · ΔE 19.9 Dark violet · ΔE 20.7 Medium blue · ΔE 20.9 Dark orchid · ΔE 33.5 Fuchsia · ΔE 40

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 18.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9EFF1F

Analogous#1F2EFF, #F01FFF

Triadic#FF801F, #1FFF80

Split complementary#FFF01F, #2EFF1F

Tetradic#FF1F2E, #9EFF1F, #1FFFF0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4EBFF

Lighter +30%#D7B8FF

Lighter +20%#BA85FF

Lighter +10%#9D52FF

Darker −10%#6600EB

Darker −20%#5000B8

Darker −30%#3A0085

Darker −40%#240052

More saturated +25%#801FFF

Less saturated −25%#843BE3

Channel breakdown

R128

G31

B255

Red128 (50.2%)

Green31 (12.2%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue265.98°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness56.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 80 · G 1F · B FF

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