Recognised as Colour

#8421FE

#8421FE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#8421FE is a violet with RGB values 132, 33, 254 and HSL 267°, 99%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8421FE#8421FE

HEX#8421FE

RGBrgb(132, 33, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.1294, 0.9961

RGB percentages51.8%, 12.9%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(266.9, 99.1%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(266.9, 87%, 99.6%)

CMYK48%, 87%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,659,454

CSS custom property--colour: #8421FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13149WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness114.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.79:1

Contrast with white5.79:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#464646

Inverted#7BDE01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0067FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#0062FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original

Tritanopia#5E6998no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 93.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.63:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 16.8 Dark violet · ΔE 19.3 Medium blue · ΔE 21.2 Blue · ΔE 21.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 32 Fuchsia · ΔE 38.9

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 16.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#9BFE21

Analogous#212CFE, #F321FE

Triadic#FE8421, #21FE84

Split complementary#FEF321, #2CFE21

Tetradic#FE212C, #9BFE21, #21FEF3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F5ECFF

Lighter +30%#D8B9FF

Lighter +20%#BC87FE

Lighter +10%#A054FE

Darker −10%#6A01EB

Darker −20%#5301B8

Darker −30%#3C0185

Darker −40%#250053

More saturated +25%#8420FF

Less saturated −25%#873DE2

Channel breakdown

R132

G33

B254

Red132 (51.8%)

Green33 (12.9%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue266.88°

Saturation (HSL)99.1%

Lightness56.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 84 · G 21 · B FE

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