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Recognised as Colour

#8109D7

  • #8109D7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8109D7 is a violet with RGB values 129, 9, 215 and HSL 275°, 92%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8109D7#8109D7
HEX#8109D7
RGBrgb(129, 9, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.5059, 0.0353, 0.8431
RGB percentages50.6%, 3.5%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(275, 92%, 43.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275, 95.8%, 84.3%)
CMYK40%, 95.8%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,456,663
CSS custom property--colour: #8109D7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09769WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness101.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.11:1
Contrast with white7.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#313131
Inverted#7EF628

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0057DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0057D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.2 from the original
Tritanopia#6D537Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.11:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 6.5Dark violet · ΔE 6.8Dark orchid · ΔE 19.4Medium blue · ΔE 20.8Blue · ΔE 32.4Dark blue · ΔE 33.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 6.49, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5FD709
Analogous#1A09D7, #D709C6
Triadic#D78109, #09D781
Split complementary#C6D709, #09D71A
Tetradic#D71A09, #5FD709, #09C6D7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DCB0FC
Lighter +30%#C77FFA
Lighter +20%#B14EF8
Lighter +10%#9B1DF6
Darker −10%#6407A6
Darker −20%#460575
Darker −30%#290344
Darker −40%#0C0113
More saturated +25%#8200E0
Less saturated −25%#7C25BB

Channel breakdown

R129
G9
B215
Red129 (50.6%)
Green9 (3.5%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue274.95°
Saturation (HSL)91.96%
Lightness43.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 81 · G 09 · B D7

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