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Recognised as Colour

#8420DA

  • #8420DA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8420DA is a violet with RGB values 132, 32, 218 and HSL 272°, 74%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8420DA#8420DA
HEX#8420DA
RGBrgb(132, 32, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.1255, 0.8549
RGB percentages51.8%, 12.5%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(272.3, 74.4%, 49%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.3, 85.3%, 85.5%)
CMYK39.4%, 85.3%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,659,162
CSS custom property--colour: #8420DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11001WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.56:1
Contrast with white6.56:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#434343
Inverted#7BDF25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005CDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#005CD7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.8 from the original
Tritanopia#705982no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.56:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.2:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 2.7Dark violet · ΔE 7.1Dark orchid · ΔE 15.8Medium blue · ΔE 22.7Dark blue · ΔE 32.5Medium orchid · ΔE 32.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 2.72, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#76DA20
Analogous#2720DA, #DA20D3
Triadic#DA8420, #20DA84
Split complementary#D3DA20, #20DA27
Tetradic#DA2720, #76DA20, #20D3DA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5CEF8
Lighter +30%#CCA2F1
Lighter +20%#B475EB
Lighter +10%#9C49E4
Darker −10%#6919AE
Darker −20%#4E1381
Darker −30%#330C55
Darker −40%#180628
More saturated +25%#8601F9
Less saturated −25%#823FBB

Channel breakdown

R132
G32
B218
Red132 (51.8%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue272.26°
Saturation (HSL)74.4%
Lightness49.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G 20 · B DA

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