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Recognised as Colour

#8020CA

  • #8020CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8020CA is a violet with RGB values 128, 32, 202 and HSL 274°, 73%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8020CA#8020CA
HEX#8020CA
RGBrgb(128, 32, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.1255, 0.7922
RGB percentages50.2%, 12.5%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(273.9, 72.6%, 45.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.9, 84.2%, 79.2%)
CMYK36.6%, 84.2%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,397,002
CSS custom property--colour: #8020CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09886WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness100.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.05:1
Contrast with white7.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#7FDF35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0057CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0058C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original
Tritanopia#715279no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.4Dark violet · ΔE 10.1Dark orchid · ΔE 10.2Medium blue · ΔE 26.3Indigo · ΔE 27.3Medium orchid · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.45, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6ACA20
Analogous#2B20CA, #CA20BF
Triadic#CA8020, #20CA80
Split complementary#BFCA20, #20CA2B
Tetradic#CA2B20, #6ACA20, #20BFCA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DEC1F5
Lighter +30%#C795EE
Lighter +20%#B069E7
Lighter +10%#993DE0
Darker −10%#64199E
Darker −20%#481272
Darker −30%#2C0B46
Darker −40%#10041A
More saturated +25%#8403E7
Less saturated −25%#7C3DAD

Channel breakdown

R128
G32
B202
Red128 (50.2%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue273.88°
Saturation (HSL)72.65%
Lightness45.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 20 · B CA

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