Colour

#8400CB

#8400CB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark violet

#8400CB is a violet with RGB values 132, 0, 203 and HSL 279°, 100%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#8400CB#8400CB

HEX#8400CB

RGBrgb(132, 0, 203)

RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0, 0.7961

RGB percentages51.8%, 0%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(279, 100%, 39.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(279, 100%, 79.6%)

CMYK35%, 100%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,650,955

CSS custom property--colour: #8400CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09217WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness99.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.39:1

Contrast with white7.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B

Inverted#7BFF34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0053D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#0056C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.3 from the original

Tritanopia#774B76no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 4.7 Blue violet · ΔE 7.6 Dark orchid · ΔE 15.1 Medium blue · ΔE 24.2 Dark blue · ΔE 31.3 Indigo · ΔE 32

Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 4.66, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#47CB00

Analogous#1F00CB, #CB00AC

Triadic#CB8400, #00CB84

Split complementary#ADCB00, #00CB1E

Tetradic#CB1E00, #47CB00, #00ACCB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#DB98FF

Lighter +30%#C965FF

Lighter +20%#B732FF

Lighter +10%#A500FE

Darker −10%#630098

Darker −20%#420065

Darker −30%#210032

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8400CB

Less saturated −25%#7C19B2

Channel breakdown

R132

B203

Red132 (51.8%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue279.01°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness39.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 84 · G 00 · B CB

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