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Recognised as Colour

#8402C7

  • #8402C7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#8402C7 is a violet with RGB values 132, 2, 199 and HSL 280°, 98%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#8402C7#8402C7
HEX#8402C7
RGBrgb(132, 2, 199)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.0078, 0.7804
RGB percentages51.8%, 0.8%, 78%
HSLhsl(279.6, 98%, 39.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.6, 99%, 78%)
CMYK33.7%, 99%, 0%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,651,463
CSS custom property--colour: #8402C7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09072WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness98.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.46:1
Contrast with white7.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C
Inverted#7BFD38

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0052CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44 from the original
Deuteranopia#0056C4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.8 from the original
Tritanopia#784974no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.46:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 5.7Blue violet · ΔE 8.5Dark orchid · ΔE 13.4Medium blue · ΔE 25.4Indigo · ΔE 30.1Dark blue · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 5.71, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#45C702
Analogous#2202C7, #C702A7
Triadic#C78402, #02C784
Split complementary#A7C702, #02C722
Tetradic#C72202, #45C702, #02A7C7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DB97FE
Lighter +30%#C965FD
Lighter +20%#B832FD
Lighter +10%#A503F9
Darker −10%#630195
Darker −20%#410162
Darker −30%#200030
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8500C9
Less saturated −25%#7C1BAE

Channel breakdown

R132
G2
B199
Red132 (51.8%)
Green2 (0.8%)
Blue199 (78%)
Hue279.59°
Saturation (HSL)98.01%
Lightness39.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G 02 · B C7

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