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Recognised as Colour

#8351EE

  • #8351EE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8351EE is a violet with RGB values 131, 81, 238 and HSL 259°, 82%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8351EE#8351EE
HEX#8351EE
RGBrgb(131, 81, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.3176, 0.9333
RGB percentages51.4%, 31.8%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(259.1, 82.2%, 62.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.1, 66%, 93.3%)
CMYK45%, 66%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,606,190
CSS custom property--colour: #8351EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16883WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.8:1
Contrast with white4.8:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#676767
Inverted#7CAE11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0074F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#006FEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Tritanopia#637799no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.38:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 16Dark orchid · ΔE 16.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.2Dark violet · ΔE 22.8Slate blue · ΔE 24Medium orchid · ΔE 25.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 15.98, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCEE51
Analogous#516DEE, #D251EE
Triadic#EE8351, #51EE83
Split complementary#EED251, #6EEE51
Tetradic#EE516D, #BCEE51, #51EED2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6DCFC
Lighter +20%#C5AEF7
Lighter +10%#A47FF3
Darker −10%#6223E9
Darker −20%#4C13C6
Darker −30%#3A0F97
Darker −40%#280A69
More saturated +25%#7D40FF
Less saturated −25%#8C69D6

Channel breakdown

R131
G81
B238
Red131 (51.4%)
Green81 (31.8%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue259.11°
Saturation (HSL)82.2%
Lightness62.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G 51 · B EE

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