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Recognised as Colour

#8309F3

  • #8309F3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8309F3 is a violet with RGB values 131, 9, 243 and HSL 271°, 93%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8309F3#8309F3
HEX#8309F3
RGBrgb(131, 9, 243)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.0353, 0.9529
RGB percentages51.4%, 3.5%, 95.3%
HSLhsl(271.3, 92.9%, 49.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.3, 96.3%, 95.3%)
CMYK46.1%, 96.3%, 0%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,587,763
CSS custom property--colour: #8309F3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11492WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.37:1
Contrast with white6.37:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#343434
Inverted#7CF60C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0060F8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#005CEFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original
Tritanopia#63608Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 91.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.37:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.3:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 16.3Dark violet · ΔE 17.4Medium blue · ΔE 20.4Blue · ΔE 22Dark orchid · ΔE 31.2Fuchsia · ΔE 37.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 16.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79F309
Analogous#0E09F3, #F309EE
Triadic#F38309, #09F383
Split complementary#EEF309, #09F30E
Tetradic#F30E09, #79F309, #09EEF3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5CBFD
Lighter +30%#CD9AFB
Lighter +20%#B469F9
Lighter +10%#9C37F8
Darker −10%#6807C2
Darker −20%#4E0591
Darker −30%#33045F
Darker −40%#19022E
More saturated +25%#8300FC
Less saturated −25%#8229D3

Channel breakdown

R131
G9
B243
Red131 (51.4%)
Green9 (3.5%)
Blue243 (95.3%)
Hue271.28°
Saturation (HSL)92.86%
Lightness49.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G 09 · B F3

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