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Recognised as Colour

#8033CA

  • #8033CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#8033CA is a violet with RGB values 128, 51, 202 and HSL 271°, 60%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#8033CA#8033CA
HEX#8033CA
RGBrgb(128, 51, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.2, 0.7922
RGB percentages50.2%, 20%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(270.6, 59.7%, 49.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.6, 74.8%, 79.2%)
CMYK36.6%, 74.8%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,401,866
CSS custom property--colour: #8033CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11221WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.47:1
Contrast with white6.47:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E
Inverted#7FCC35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005DCEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#005EC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.6 from the original
Tritanopia#70597Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.47:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.24:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 7.8Blue violet · ΔE 14.4Dark violet · ΔE 17.4Medium orchid · ΔE 22Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.4Indigo · ΔE 24
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 7.78, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7DCA33
Analogous#3433CA, #CA33C9
Triadic#CA8033, #33CA80
Split complementary#C9CA33, #33CA34
Tetradic#CA3433, #7DCA33, #33C9CA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5D5F4
Lighter +30%#CCACEA
Lighter +20%#B283E0
Lighter +10%#995BD5
Darker −10%#6629A1
Darker −20%#4C1E79
Darker −30%#331450
Darker −40%#190A27
More saturated +25%#8113EA
Less saturated −25%#7F53AA

Channel breakdown

R128
G51
B202
Red128 (50.2%)
Green51 (20%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue270.6°
Saturation (HSL)59.68%
Lightness49.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 33 · B CA

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