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Recognised as Colour

#8256FF

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

#8256FF is a violet with RGB values 130, 86, 255 and HSL 256°, 100%, 67%. 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

#8256FF#8256FF
HEX#8256FF
RGBrgb(130, 86, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.3373, 1
RGB percentages51%, 33.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(255.6, 100%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.6, 66.3%, 100%)
CMYK49%, 66.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,541,951
CSS custom property--colour: #8256FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18621WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.72:1
Contrast with white4.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.72:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#7DA900

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007BFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0073FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Tritanopia#5780A4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.45:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 15.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.4Dark orchid · ΔE 20.8Dark violet · ΔE 23.3Slate blue · ΔE 29.6Medium blue · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 15.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D3FF56
Analogous#567FFF, #D656FF
Triadic#FF8256, #56FF82
Split complementary#FFD656, #7FFF56
Tetradic#FF567F, #D3FF56, #56FFD6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3EFFF
Lighter +20%#CDBCFF
Lighter +10%#A889FF
Darker −10%#5C23FF
Darker −20%#3E00EF
Darker −30%#3100BC
Darker −40%#240089
More saturated +25%#8256FF
Less saturated −25%#8C6BEA

Channel breakdown

R130
G86
B255
Red130 (51%)
Green86 (33.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue255.62°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 82 · G 56 · B FF

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