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Recognised as Colour

#8300FC

  • #8300FC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#8300FC is a violet with RGB values 131, 0, 252 and HSL 271°, 100%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#8300FC#8300FC
HEX#8300FC
RGBrgb(131, 0, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0, 0.9882
RGB percentages51.4%, 0%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(271.2, 100%, 49.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.2, 100%, 98.8%)
CMYK48%, 100%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,585,468
CSS custom property--colour: #8300FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11854WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.23:1
Contrast with white6.23:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#7CFF03

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0062FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#005DF8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.6 from the original
Tritanopia#5E6394no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 96.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.23:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.37:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 18.9Blue violet · ΔE 21.2Dark violet · ΔE 22.1Medium blue · ΔE 22.4Dark orchid · ΔE 36.1Fuchsia · ΔE 39.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 18.88, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79FC00
Analogous#0500FC, #FC00F7
Triadic#FC8300, #00FC83
Split complementary#F7FC00, #00FC05
Tetradic#FC0500, #79FC00, #00F7FC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5C9FF
Lighter +30%#CD96FF
Lighter +20%#B463FF
Lighter +10%#9C30FF
Darker −10%#6800C9
Darker −20%#4E0096
Darker −30%#330063
Darker −40%#190030
More saturated +25%#8300FC
Less saturated −25%#8220DD

Channel breakdown

R131
G0
B252
Red131 (51.4%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue271.19°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness49.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G 00 · B FC

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