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Recognised as Colour

#8228FC

  • #8228FC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8228FC is a violet with RGB values 130, 40, 252 and HSL 265°, 97%, 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

#8228FC#8228FC
HEX#8228FC
RGBrgb(130, 40, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.1569, 0.9882
RGB percentages51%, 15.7%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(265.5, 97.2%, 57.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.5, 84.1%, 98.8%)
CMYK48.4%, 84.1%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,530,172
CSS custom property--colour: #8228FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13292WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.74:1
Contrast with white5.74:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#7DD703

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0068FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0062F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original
Tritanopia#5B6B97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 93.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.74:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.66:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.3Dark violet · ΔE 17.8Medium blue · ΔE 20.4Blue · ΔE 23.1Dark orchid · ΔE 29.7Fuchsia · ΔE 39.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A2FC28
Analogous#2838FC, #EC28FC
Triadic#FC8228, #28FC82
Split complementary#FCEC28, #38FC28
Tetradic#FC2838, #A2FC28, #28FCEC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7F1FF
Lighter +30%#DABFFE
Lighter +20%#BC8DFD
Lighter +10%#9F5AFD
Darker −10%#6703EE
Darker −20%#5103BB
Darker −30%#3B0289
Darker −40%#260157
More saturated +25%#8225FF
Less saturated −25%#8643E1

Channel breakdown

R130
G40
B252
Red130 (51%)
Green40 (15.7%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue265.47°
Saturation (HSL)97.25%
Lightness57.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 82 · G 28 · B FC

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