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Recognised as Colour

#8020AF

  • #8020AF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#8020AF is a violet with RGB values 128, 32, 175 and HSL 280°, 69%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#8020AF#8020AF
HEX#8020AF
RGBrgb(128, 32, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.1255, 0.6863
RGB percentages50.2%, 12.5%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(280.3, 69.1%, 40.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.3, 81.7%, 68.6%)
CMYK26.9%, 81.7%, 0%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,396,975
CSS custom property--colour: #8020AF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08717WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.65:1
Contrast with white7.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F
Inverted#7FDF50

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004FB3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0055ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.6 from the original
Tritanopia#7A4569no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.65:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9.9Dark magenta · ΔE 17.7Indigo · ΔE 17.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.3Medium orchid · ΔE 20.3Purple · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.86, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4FAF20
Analogous#3920AF, #AF2096
Triadic#AF8020, #20AF80
Split complementary#96AF20, #20AF39
Tetradic#AF3920, #4FAF20, #2096AF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9ABF0
Lighter +30%#C680E8
Lighter +20%#B255E0
Lighter +10%#9F2AD8
Darker −10%#601884
Darker −20%#411059
Darker −30%#21082E
Darker −40%#020003
More saturated +25%#8906C9
Less saturated −25%#773A95

Channel breakdown

R128
G32
B175
Red128 (50.2%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue280.28°
Saturation (HSL)69.08%
Lightness40.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 20 · B AF

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