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Recognised as Colour

#8224BC

  • #8224BC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#8224BC is a violet with RGB values 130, 36, 188 and HSL 277°, 68%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#8224BC#8224BC
HEX#8224BC
RGBrgb(130, 36, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.1412, 0.7373
RGB percentages51%, 14.1%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(277.1, 67.9%, 43.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.1, 80.9%, 73.7%)
CMYK30.9%, 80.9%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,529,084
CSS custom property--colour: #8224BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09638WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.17:1
Contrast with white7.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#434343
Inverted#7DDB43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0054C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0058B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.1 from the original
Tritanopia#784C71no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.17:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 6.7Blue violet · ΔE 16.3Dark violet · ΔE 16.8Indigo · ΔE 21.4Medium orchid · ΔE 21.6Dark magenta · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 6.74, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5EBC24
Analogous#3624BC, #BC24AA
Triadic#BC8224, #24BC82
Split complementary#AABC24, #24BC36
Tetradic#BC3624, #5EBC24, #24AABC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DDBAF2
Lighter +30%#C78FEA
Lighter +20%#B265E1
Lighter +10%#9C3AD9
Darker −10%#641C91
Darker −20%#471466
Darker −30%#290B3C
Darker −40%#0C0311
More saturated +25%#8908D8
Less saturated −25%#7B40A0

Channel breakdown

R130
G36
B188
Red130 (51%)
Green36 (14.1%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue277.11°
Saturation (HSL)67.86%
Lightness43.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 82 · G 24 · B BC

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