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Recognised as Colour

#8322EC

  • #8322EC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8322EC is a violet with RGB values 131, 34, 236 and HSL 269°, 84%, 53%. 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 violet.

Colour values

#8322EC#8322EC
HEX#8322EC
RGBrgb(131, 34, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.1333, 0.9255
RGB percentages51.4%, 13.3%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(268.8, 84.2%, 52.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.8, 85.6%, 92.5%)
CMYK44.5%, 85.6%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,594,156
CSS custom property--colour: #8322EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12025WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness110.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.17:1
Contrast with white6.17:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#454545
Inverted#7CDD13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0062F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#005FE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Tritanopia#66628Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.17:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.41:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.3Dark violet · ΔE 12Medium blue · ΔE 20Dark orchid · ΔE 23.7Blue · ΔE 27.9Fuchsia · ΔE 37.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.34, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8BEC22
Analogous#2226EC, #E822EC
Triadic#EC8322, #22EC83
Split complementary#ECE822, #26EC22
Tetradic#EC2226, #8BEC22, #22ECE8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECDEFC
Lighter +30%#D2AFF8
Lighter +20%#B880F4
Lighter +10%#9D51F0
Darker −10%#6A11CA
Darker −20%#510D9B
Darker −30%#39096C
Darker −40%#20053D
More saturated +25%#820FFF
Less saturated −25%#8440CE

Channel breakdown

R131
G34
B236
Red131 (51.4%)
Green34 (13.3%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue268.81°
Saturation (HSL)84.17%
Lightness52.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G 22 · B EC

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