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Recognised as Colour

#8418FE

  • #8418FE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8418FE is a violet with RGB values 132, 24, 254 and HSL 268°, 99%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8418FE#8418FE
HEX#8418FE
RGBrgb(132, 24, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.0941, 0.9961
RGB percentages51.8%, 9.4%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(268.2, 99.1%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.2, 90.6%, 99.6%)
CMYK48%, 90.6%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,657,150
CSS custom property--colour: #8418FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12715WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.93:1
Contrast with white5.93:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#404040
Inverted#7BE701

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0066FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0060FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44 from the original
Tritanopia#5E6797no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 95.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.93:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.54:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 18.7Blue · ΔE 20.2Dark violet · ΔE 20.6Medium blue · ΔE 21.7Dark orchid · ΔE 33.8Fuchsia · ΔE 39
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 18.72, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#92FE18
Analogous#181FFE, #F718FE
Triadic#FE8418, #18FE84
Split complementary#FEF718, #1FFE18
Tetradic#FE181F, #92FE18, #18FEF7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0E3FF
Lighter +30%#D5B0FF
Lighter +20%#BA7EFE
Lighter +10%#9F4BFE
Darker −10%#6B01E2
Darker −20%#5301AF
Darker −30%#3B017C
Darker −40%#23004A
More saturated +25%#8417FF
Less saturated −25%#8635E1

Channel breakdown

R132
G24
B254
Red132 (51.8%)
Green24 (9.4%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue268.17°
Saturation (HSL)99.14%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G 18 · B FE

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