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Recognised as Colour

#8342FC

  • #8342FC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8342FC is a violet with RGB values 131, 66, 252 and HSL 261°, 97%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8342FC#8342FC
HEX#8342FC
RGBrgb(131, 66, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.2588, 0.9882
RGB percentages51.4%, 25.9%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(261, 96.9%, 62.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261, 73.8%, 98.8%)
CMYK48%, 73.8%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,602,364
CSS custom property--colour: #8342FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1575WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.06:1
Contrast with white5.06:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D
Inverted#7CBD03

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0071FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#006BF8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.2 from the original
Tritanopia#5C759Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 87.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.06:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.4Dark violet · ΔE 17.1Dark orchid · ΔE 22.3Medium blue · ΔE 23.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 30.6Blue · ΔE 32.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.41, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BBFC42
Analogous#425EFC, #E042FC
Triadic#FC8342, #42FC83
Split complementary#FCE042, #5EFC42
Tetradic#FC425E, #BBFC42, #42FCE0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6D9FE
Lighter +20%#C5A6FE
Lighter +10%#A474FD
Darker −10%#6210FB
Darker −20%#4D03D5
Darker −30%#3A03A2
Darker −40%#280270
More saturated +25%#823FFF
Less saturated −25%#8A5AE4

Channel breakdown

R131
G66
B252
Red131 (51.4%)
Green66 (25.9%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue260.97°
Saturation (HSL)96.88%
Lightness62.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G 42 · B FC

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