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Recognised as Colour

#8330ED

  • #8330ED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8330ED is a violet with RGB values 131, 48, 237 and HSL 266°, 84%, 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

#8330ED#8330ED
HEX#8330ED
RGBrgb(131, 48, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.1882, 0.9294
RGB percentages51.4%, 18.8%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(266.3, 84%, 55.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.3, 79.7%, 92.9%)
CMYK44.7%, 79.7%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,597,741
CSS custom property--colour: #8330ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13054WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.82:1
Contrast with white5.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#7CCF12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0066F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0063EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Tritanopia#656790no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.61:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 5.2Dark violet · ΔE 12.1Dark orchid · ΔE 20.4Medium blue · ΔE 21.4Blue · ΔE 31.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 33.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 5.25, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9AED30
Analogous#303CED, #E130ED
Triadic#ED8330, #30ED83
Split complementary#EDE130, #3CED30
Tetradic#ED303C, #9AED30, #30EDE1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3ECFD
Lighter +30%#D7BDF9
Lighter +20%#BB8EF5
Lighter +10%#9F5FF1
Darker −10%#6913D7
Darker −20%#520FA8
Darker −30%#3B0B79
Darker −40%#24064B
More saturated +25%#811EFF
Less saturated −25%#864CD1

Channel breakdown

R131
G48
B237
Red131 (51.4%)
Green48 (18.8%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue266.35°
Saturation (HSL)84%
Lightness55.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G 30 · B ED

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