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Recognised as Colour

#8059C0

  • #8059C0
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#8059C0 is a violet with RGB values 128, 89, 192 and HSL 263°, 45%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#8059C0#8059C0
HEX#8059C0
RGBrgb(128, 89, 192)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.349, 0.7529
RGB percentages50.2%, 34.9%, 75.3%
HSLhsl(262.7, 45%, 55.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.7, 53.6%, 75.3%)
CMYK33.3%, 53.6%, 0%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,411,584
CSS custom property--colour: #8059C0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1554WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.11:1
Contrast with white5.11:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#696969
Inverted#7FA63F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#306EC4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#3C6DBEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.8 from the original
Tritanopia#726D84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.11:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.11:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 8.9Slate blue · ΔE 9.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 18.1Royal blue · ΔE 20.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 8.85, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99C059
Analogous#5965C0, #B459C0
Triadic#C08059, #59C080
Split complementary#C0B459, #65C059
Tetradic#C05965, #99C059, #59C0B4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1EDF8
Lighter +30%#D5C8EA
Lighter +20%#B9A3DC
Lighter +10%#9C7ECE
Darker −10%#663FA7
Darker −20%#503182
Darker −30%#39235D
Darker −40%#221538
More saturated +25%#793CDD
Less saturated −25%#8776A3

Channel breakdown

R128
G89
B192
Red128 (50.2%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue192 (75.3%)
Hue262.72°
Saturation (HSL)44.98%
Lightness55.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 59 · B C0

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