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Recognised as Colour

#840EF8

  • #840EF8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#840EF8 is a violet with RGB values 132, 14, 248 and HSL 270°, 94%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#840EF8#840EF8
HEX#840EF8
RGBrgb(132, 14, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.0549, 0.9725
RGB percentages51.8%, 5.5%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(270.3, 94.4%, 51.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.3, 94.4%, 97.3%)
CMYK46.8%, 94.4%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,654,584
CSS custom property--colour: #840EF8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11997WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.18:1
Contrast with white6.18:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#383838
Inverted#7BF107

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0062FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#005EF4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original
Tritanopia#626392no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 93.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.18:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.4:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 17.7Dark violet · ΔE 19Blue · ΔE 21Medium blue · ΔE 21.2Dark orchid · ΔE 32.7Fuchsia · ΔE 38.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 17.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#82F80E
Analogous#0F0EF8, #F80EF7
Triadic#F8840E, #0EF884
Split complementary#F7F80E, #0EF80F
Tetradic#F80F0E, #82F80E, #0EF7F8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9D4FE
Lighter +30%#D0A3FC
Lighter +20%#B771FB
Lighter +10%#9D40F9
Darker −10%#6A06CD
Darker −20%#51059B
Darker −30%#37036A
Darker −40%#1D0238
More saturated +25%#8407FF
Less saturated −25%#842DD9

Channel breakdown

R132
G14
B248
Red132 (51.8%)
Green14 (5.5%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue270.26°
Saturation (HSL)94.35%
Lightness51.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G 0E · B F8

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