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Recognised as Colour

#8109DD

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

#8109DD is a violet with RGB values 129, 9, 221 and HSL 274°, 92%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8109DD#8109DD
HEX#8109DD
RGBrgb(129, 9, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.5059, 0.0353, 0.8667
RGB percentages50.6%, 3.5%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(274, 92.2%, 45.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274, 95.9%, 86.7%)
CMYK41.6%, 95.9%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,456,669
CSS custom property--colour: #8109DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10083WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness102.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.96:1
Contrast with white6.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#323232
Inverted#7EF622

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0059E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0058DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.8 from the original
Tritanopia#6B5682no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.96:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.02:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 7.9Dark violet · ΔE 8.7Medium blue · ΔE 19.9Dark orchid · ΔE 21.9Blue · ΔE 29.8Dark blue · ΔE 35.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 7.93, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#65DD09
Analogous#1709DD, #DD09CF
Triadic#DD8109, #09DD81
Split complementary#CFDD09, #09DD17
Tetradic#DD1709, #65DD09, #09CFDD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DEB6FC
Lighter +30%#C785FA
Lighter +20%#B154F8
Lighter +10%#9A23F6
Darker −10%#6407AC
Darker −20%#48057B
Darker −30%#2B034A
Darker −40%#0F0119
More saturated +25%#8200E6
Less saturated −25%#7D26C0

Channel breakdown

R129
G9
B221
Red129 (50.6%)
Green9 (3.5%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue273.96°
Saturation (HSL)92.17%
Lightness45.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 81 · G 09 · B DD

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