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Recognised as Colour

#8135EE

  • #8135EE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8135EE is a violet with RGB values 129, 53, 238 and HSL 265°, 84%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8135EE#8135EE
HEX#8135EE
RGBrgb(129, 53, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.5059, 0.2078, 0.9333
RGB percentages50.6%, 20.8%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(264.6, 84.5%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.6, 77.7%, 93.3%)
CMYK45.8%, 77.7%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,467,950
CSS custom property--colour: #8135EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13386WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.71:1
Contrast with white5.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#7ECA11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0068F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0063EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original
Tritanopia#616992no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.71:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.68:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 5.5Dark violet · ΔE 13.2Dark orchid · ΔE 19.8Medium blue · ΔE 21.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 31.6Blue · ΔE 32.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 5.5, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A2EE35
Analogous#3546EE, #DE35EE
Triadic#EE8135, #35EE81
Split complementary#EEDD35, #45EE35
Tetradic#EE3545, #A2EE35, #35EEDD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6F1FE
Lighter +30%#D9C2FA
Lighter +20%#BC93F6
Lighter +10%#9E64F2
Darker −10%#6613DD
Darker −20%#500FAE
Darker −30%#3B0B7F
Darker −40%#250750
More saturated +25%#7E24FF
Less saturated −25%#8650D3

Channel breakdown

R129
G53
B238
Red129 (50.6%)
Green53 (20.8%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue264.65°
Saturation (HSL)84.47%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 81 · G 35 · B EE

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