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Recognised as Colour

#8346FF

  • #8346FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8346FF is a violet with RGB values 131, 70, 255 and HSL 260°, 100%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8346FF#8346FF
HEX#8346FF
RGBrgb(131, 70, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.2745, 1
RGB percentages51.4%, 27.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(259.8, 100%, 63.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.8, 72.5%, 100%)
CMYK48.6%, 72.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,603,391
CSS custom property--colour: #8346FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16426WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.9:1
Contrast with white4.9:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#606060
Inverted#7CB900

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0074FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#006DFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Tritanopia#5A789Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 87.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.9:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.29:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10.5Dark violet · ΔE 18.3Dark orchid · ΔE 22.7Medium blue · ΔE 24.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.8Blue · ΔE 32.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C2FF46
Analogous#4666FF, #DF46FF
Triadic#FF8346, #46FF83
Split complementary#FFDF46, #66FF46
Tetradic#FF4666, #C2FF46, #46FFDF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EADFFF
Lighter +20%#C7ACFF
Lighter +10%#A579FF
Darker −10%#6113FF
Darker −20%#4A00DF
Darker −30%#3900AC
Darker −40%#280079
More saturated +25%#8346FF
Less saturated −25%#8B5DE8

Channel breakdown

R131
G70
B255
Red131 (51.4%)
Green70 (27.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue259.78°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness63.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G 46 · B FF

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