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Recognised as Colour

#8047EE

  • #8047EE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8047EE is a violet with RGB values 128, 71, 238 and HSL 260°, 83%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8047EE#8047EE
HEX#8047EE
RGBrgb(128, 71, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.2784, 0.9333
RGB percentages50.2%, 27.8%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(260.5, 83.1%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.5, 70.2%, 93.3%)
CMYK46.2%, 70.2%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,407,022
CSS custom property--colour: #8047EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15269WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.18:1
Contrast with white5.18:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#7FB811

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006FF3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#006AEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original
Tritanopia#5F7296no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.18:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10.8Dark orchid · ΔE 16.4Dark violet · ΔE 18.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.1Medium blue · ΔE 27.5Medium orchid · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.81, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B5EE47
Analogous#4761EE, #D447EE
Triadic#EE8047, #47EE80
Split complementary#EED347, #62EE47
Tetradic#EE4761, #B5EE47, #47EED4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E1D3FB
Lighter +20%#C0A4F7
Lighter +10%#A076F2
Darker −10%#6018EA
Darker −20%#4C12BD
Darker −30%#390D8F
Darker −40%#270960
More saturated +25%#7B36FF
Less saturated −25%#8860D5

Channel breakdown

R128
G71
B238
Red128 (50.2%)
Green71 (27.8%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue260.48°
Saturation (HSL)83.08%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 47 · B EE

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