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Recognised as Colour

#8309AE

  • #8309AE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#8309AE is a violet with RGB values 131, 9, 174 and HSL 284°, 90%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#8309AE#8309AE
HEX#8309AE
RGBrgb(131, 9, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.0353, 0.6824
RGB percentages51.4%, 3.5%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(284.4, 90.2%, 35.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284.4, 94.8%, 68.2%)
CMYK24.7%, 94.8%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,587,694
CSS custom property--colour: #8309AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08077WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness92.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.03:1
Contrast with white8.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F
Inverted#7CF651

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004BB2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0053ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52 from the original
Tritanopia#7E3D66no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9.6Dark violet · ΔE 17.2Dark magenta · ΔE 19.3Blue violet · ΔE 19.3Indigo · ΔE 20.3Purple · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.61, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#34AE09
Analogous#3009AE, #AE0987
Triadic#AE8309, #09AE83
Split complementary#86AE09, #09AE31
Tetradic#AE3109, #34AE09, #0986AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DC8AF9
Lighter +30%#CE5AF6
Lighter +20%#BF29F4
Lighter +10%#A80CDE
Darker −10%#5E067E
Darker −20%#3A044D
Darker −30%#15011D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8700B7
Less saturated −25%#782097

Channel breakdown

R131
G9
B174
Red131 (51.4%)
Green9 (3.5%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue284.36°
Saturation (HSL)90.16%
Lightness35.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G 09 · B AE

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