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Recognised as Colour

#8343EF

  • #8343EF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8343EF is a violet with RGB values 131, 67, 239 and HSL 262°, 84%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8343EF#8343EF
HEX#8343EF
RGBrgb(131, 67, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.2627, 0.9373
RGB percentages51.4%, 26.3%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(262.3, 84.3%, 60%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.3, 72%, 93.7%)
CMYK45.2%, 72%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,602,607
CSS custom property--colour: #8343EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15072WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.23:1
Contrast with white5.23:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D
Inverted#7CBC10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006EF4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0069ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Tritanopia#647095no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.23:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.4Dark violet · ΔE 16.4Dark orchid · ΔE 16.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.8Medium blue · ΔE 26.1Medium orchid · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.43, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AFEF43
Analogous#4359EF, #D943EF
Triadic#EF8343, #43EF83
Split complementary#EFD943, #59EF43
Tetradic#EF4359, #AFEF43, #43EFD9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E0D0FB
Lighter +20%#C1A1F7
Lighter +10%#A272F3
Darker −10%#6414EB
Darker −20%#5010BC
Darker −30%#3C0C8D
Darker −40%#28085E
More saturated +25%#7F33FF
Less saturated −25%#8A5CD5

Channel breakdown

R131
G67
B239
Red131 (51.4%)
Green67 (26.3%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue262.33°
Saturation (HSL)84.31%
Lightness60%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G 43 · B EF

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