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Recognised as Colour

#8320FF

  • #8320FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8320FF is a violet with RGB values 131, 32, 255 and HSL 267°, 100%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8320FF#8320FF
HEX#8320FF
RGBrgb(131, 32, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.1255, 1
RGB percentages51.4%, 12.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(266.6, 100%, 56.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.6, 87.5%, 100%)
CMYK48.6%, 87.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,593,663
CSS custom property--colour: #8320FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13078WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.81:1
Contrast with white5.81:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#454545
Inverted#7CDF00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0067FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0061FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Tritanopia#5B6A98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 95.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.81:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.62:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 17.6Dark violet · ΔE 20.1Blue · ΔE 20.7Medium blue · ΔE 21.3Dark orchid · ΔE 32.8Fuchsia · ΔE 39.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 17.6, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9CFF20
Analogous#202CFF, #F320FF
Triadic#FF8320, #20FF83
Split complementary#FFF320, #2CFF20
Tetradic#FF202C, #9CFF20, #20FFF3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4ECFF
Lighter +30%#D8B9FF
Lighter +20%#BC86FF
Lighter +10%#9F53FF
Darker −10%#6900EC
Darker −20%#5200B9
Darker −30%#3B0086
Darker −40%#250053
More saturated +25%#8320FF
Less saturated −25%#863CE3

Channel breakdown

R131
G32
B255
Red131 (51.4%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue266.64°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness56.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G 20 · B FF

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