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Recognised as Colour

#8226EF

  • #8226EF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8226EF is a violet with RGB values 130, 38, 239 and HSL 267°, 86%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8226EF#8226EF
HEX#8226EF
RGBrgb(130, 38, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.149, 0.9373
RGB percentages51%, 14.9%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(267.5, 86.3%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.5, 84.1%, 93.7%)
CMYK45.6%, 84.1%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,529,647
CSS custom property--colour: #8226EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12364WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.05:1
Contrast with white6.05:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#484848
Inverted#7DD910

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0064F4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0060EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original
Tritanopia#63648Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.47:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.8Dark violet · ΔE 13Medium blue · ΔE 19.9Dark orchid · ΔE 24.2Blue · ΔE 27.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 38.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.79, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#93EF26
Analogous#262FEF, #E626EF
Triadic#EF8226, #26EF82
Split complementary#EFE726, #2EEF26
Tetradic#EF262F, #93EF26, #26EFE6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFE4FD
Lighter +30%#D4B4FA
Lighter +20%#B985F6
Lighter +10%#9D55F3
Darker −10%#6910D2
Darker −20%#510CA3
Darker −30%#390973
Darker −40%#220544
More saturated +25%#8116FF
Less saturated −25%#8443D2

Channel breakdown

R130
G38
B239
Red130 (51%)
Green38 (14.9%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue267.46°
Saturation (HSL)86.27%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 82 · G 26 · B EF

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