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Recognised as Colour

#8049EB

  • #8049EB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8049EB is a violet with RGB values 128, 73, 235 and HSL 260°, 80%, 60%. 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

#8049EB#8049EB
HEX#8049EB
RGBrgb(128, 73, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.2863, 0.9216
RGB percentages50.2%, 28.6%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(260.4, 80.2%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.4, 68.9%, 92.2%)
CMYK45.5%, 68.9%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,407,531
CSS custom property--colour: #8049EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15352WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.16:1
Contrast with white5.16:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#606060
Inverted#7FB614

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006FF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#006AE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original
Tritanopia#607295no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.16:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12.5Dark orchid · ΔE 15.4Dark violet · ΔE 19.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.7Slate blue · ΔE 27Medium orchid · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.55, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B4EB49
Analogous#4963EB, #D149EB
Triadic#EB8049, #49EB80
Split complementary#EBD149, #63EB49
Tetradic#EB4963, #B4EB49, #49EBD1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E0D3FA
Lighter +20%#C0A5F5
Lighter +10%#A077F0
Darker −10%#601BE6
Darker −20%#4C14BA
Darker −30%#3A0F8C
Darker −40%#270A5E
More saturated +25%#7A35FF
Less saturated −25%#8862D2

Channel breakdown

R128
G73
B235
Red128 (50.2%)
Green73 (28.6%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue260.37°
Saturation (HSL)80.2%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 49 · B EB

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