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Recognised as Colour

#8136BE

  • #8136BE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#8136BE is a violet with RGB values 129, 54, 190 and HSL 273°, 56%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#8136BE#8136BE
HEX#8136BE
RGBrgb(129, 54, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.5059, 0.2118, 0.7451
RGB percentages50.6%, 21.2%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(273.1, 55.7%, 47.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.1, 71.6%, 74.5%)
CMYK32.1%, 71.6%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,468,158
CSS custom property--colour: #8136BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11023WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness103.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.55:1
Contrast with white6.55:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#505050
Inverted#7EC941

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005BC2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#005EBBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original
Tritanopia#765677no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.55:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.2:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 10.1Medium orchid · ΔE 18Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.4Indigo · ΔE 20.2Slate blue · ΔE 20.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 10.09, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#73BE36
Analogous#3D36BE, #BE36B7
Triadic#BE8136, #36BE81
Split complementary#B7BE36, #36BE3D
Tetradic#BE3D36, #73BE36, #36B7BE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2CFF1
Lighter +30%#CAA7E6
Lighter +20%#B27FDB
Lighter +10%#9A58CF
Darker −10%#662B96
Darker −20%#4B1F6F
Darker −30%#301447
Darker −40%#15091F
More saturated +25%#8417DD
Less saturated −25%#7E55A0

Channel breakdown

R129
G54
B190
Red129 (50.6%)
Green54 (21.2%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue273.09°
Saturation (HSL)55.74%
Lightness47.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 81 · G 36 · B BE

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