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Recognised as Colour

#8356CA

  • #8356CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#8356CA is a violet with RGB values 131, 86, 202 and HSL 263°, 52%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#8356CA#8356CA
HEX#8356CA
RGBrgb(131, 86, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.3373, 0.7922
RGB percentages51.4%, 33.7%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(263.3, 52.3%, 56.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.3, 57.4%, 79.2%)
CMYK35.1%, 57.4%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,607,434
CSS custom property--colour: #8356CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15745WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.8 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#686868
Inverted#7CA935

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1C6FCEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#2F6DC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Tritanopia#736E88no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.7 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

Slate blue · ΔE 8.2Medium purple · ΔE 11.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 13Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.3Medium orchid · ΔE 18.5Royal blue · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 8.23, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9DCA56
Analogous#5663CA, #BD56CA
Triadic#CA8356, #56CA83
Split complementary#CABD56, #63CA56
Tetradic#CA5663, #9DCA56, #56CABD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5F1FB
Lighter +30%#D8CAEF
Lighter +20%#BCA4E2
Lighter +10%#9F7DD6
Darker −10%#6939B4
Darker −20%#522C8E
Darker −30%#3C2067
Darker −40%#251440
More saturated +25%#7D3AE6
Less saturated −25%#8972AE

Channel breakdown

R131
G86
B202
Red131 (51.4%)
Green86 (33.7%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue263.28°
Saturation (HSL)52.25%
Lightness56.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G 56 · B CA

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