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Recognised as Colour

#8117CD

  • #8117CD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8117CD is a violet with RGB values 129, 23, 205 and HSL 275°, 80%, 45%. 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

#8117CD#8117CD
HEX#8117CD
RGBrgb(129, 23, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.5059, 0.0902, 0.8039
RGB percentages50.6%, 9%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(274.9, 79.8%, 44.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.9, 88.8%, 80.4%)
CMYK37.1%, 88.8%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,460,237
CSS custom property--colour: #8117CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09688WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness100.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.15:1
Contrast with white7.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B
Inverted#7EE832

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0056D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original
Deuteranopia#0057CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original
Tritanopia#715079no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.15:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 6.3Dark violet · ΔE 7.1Dark orchid · ΔE 13.1Medium blue · ΔE 24.2Dark blue · ΔE 29.7Indigo · ΔE 30.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 6.33, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#63CD17
Analogous#2617CD, #CD17BE
Triadic#CD8117, #17CD81
Split complementary#BECD17, #17CD26
Tetradic#CD2617, #63CD17, #17BECD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DDB9F7
Lighter +30%#C78BF2
Lighter +20%#B15DED
Lighter +10%#9B2FE8
Darker −10%#64129F
Darker −20%#470D71
Darker −30%#2A0843
Darker −40%#0E0216
More saturated +25%#8500E4
Less saturated −25%#7C34B1

Channel breakdown

R129
G23
B205
Red129 (50.6%)
Green23 (9%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue274.95°
Saturation (HSL)79.82%
Lightness44.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 81 · G 17 · B CD

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