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Colour

#8400DA

  • #8400DA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#8400DA is a violet with RGB values 132, 0, 218 and HSL 276°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#8400DA#8400DA
HEX#8400DA
RGBrgb(132, 0, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0, 0.8549
RGB percentages51.8%, 0%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(276.3, 100%, 42.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.3, 100%, 85.5%)
CMYK39.4%, 100%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,650,970
CSS custom property--colour: #8400DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09967WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness103.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.02:1
Contrast with white7.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C
Inverted#7BFF25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0057DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0058D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.7 from the original
Tritanopia#715280no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.02:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 7.3Blue violet · ΔE 8Medium blue · ΔE 20.9Dark orchid · ΔE 21.2Blue · ΔE 31.1Dark blue · ΔE 35.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 7.31, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#56DA00
Analogous#1700DA, #DA00C3
Triadic#DA8400, #00DA84
Split complementary#C3DA00, #00DA17
Tetradic#DA1700, #56DA00, #00C3DA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DCA7FF
Lighter +30%#C874FF
Lighter +20%#B441FF
Lighter +10%#A00EFF
Darker −10%#6500A7
Darker −20%#460074
Darker −30%#270041
Darker −40%#08000E
More saturated +25%#8400DA
Less saturated −25%#7E1BBF

Channel breakdown

R132
G0
B218
Red132 (51.8%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue276.33°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness42.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G 00 · B DA

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