Colour

#8021ED

#8021ED
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#8021ED is a violet with RGB values 128, 33, 237 and HSL 268°, 85%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8021ED#8021ED

HEX#8021ED

RGBrgb(128, 33, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.1294, 0.9294

RGB percentages50.2%, 12.9%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(267.9, 85%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(267.9, 86.1%, 92.9%)

CMYK46%, 86.1%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,397,293

CSS custom property--colour: #8021ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11791WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness109.3 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#444444

Inverted#7FDE12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0061F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#005EE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original

Tritanopia#61628Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.7 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 violet · ΔE 9.5 Dark violet · ΔE 13.1 Medium blue · ΔE 19.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 24.9 Blue · ΔE 26.6 Dark blue · ΔE 38.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.51, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8EED21

Analogous#2128ED, #E621ED

Triadic#ED8021, #21ED80

Split complementary#EDE621, #28ED21

Tetradic#ED2128, #8EED21, #21EDE6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECDEFC

Lighter +30%#D1AFF8

Lighter +20%#B67FF5

Lighter +10%#9B50F1

Darker −10%#6710CB

Darker −20%#4F0D9B

Darker −30%#37096C

Darker −40%#1F053D

More saturated +25%#7F0FFF

Less saturated −25%#823FCF

Channel breakdown

R128

G33

B237

Red128 (50.2%)

Green33 (12.9%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue267.94°

Saturation (HSL)85%

Lightness52.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 80 · G 21 · B ED

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