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Recognised as Colour

#8256FA

  • #8256FA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8256FA is a violet with RGB values 130, 86, 250 and HSL 256°, 94%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8256FA#8256FA
HEX#8256FA
RGBrgb(130, 86, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.3373, 0.9804
RGB percentages51%, 33.7%, 98%
HSLhsl(256.1, 94.3%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.1, 65.6%, 98%)
CMYK48%, 65.6%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,541,946
CSS custom property--colour: #8256FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18304WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.66:1
Contrast with white4.51:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.66:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B
Inverted#7DA905

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007AFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0073F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original
Tritanopia#5A7EA1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.51:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 16.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 18.1Dark orchid · ΔE 19.4Dark violet · ΔE 23.6Slate blue · ΔE 27.1Medium orchid · ΔE 28.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 16.1, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CEFA56
Analogous#567CFA, #D456FA
Triadic#FA8256, #56FA82
Split complementary#FAD456, #7CFA56
Tetradic#FA567C, #CEFA56, #56FAD4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0EBFE
Lighter +20%#CBB9FD
Lighter +10%#A788FB
Darker −10%#5D24F9
Darker −20%#4207E3
Darker −30%#3405B2
Darker −40%#250480
More saturated +25%#8051FF
Less saturated −25%#8C6CE4

Channel breakdown

R130
G86
B250
Red130 (51%)
Green86 (33.7%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue256.1°
Saturation (HSL)94.25%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 82 · G 56 · B FA

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