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Recognised as Colour

#8425CB

  • #8425CB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#8425CB is a violet with RGB values 132, 37, 203 and HSL 274°, 69%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#8425CB#8425CB
HEX#8425CB
RGBrgb(132, 37, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.1451, 0.7961
RGB percentages51.8%, 14.5%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(274.3, 69.2%, 47.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.3, 81.8%, 79.6%)
CMYK35%, 81.8%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,660,427
CSS custom property--colour: #8425CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1054WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness103.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.76:1
Contrast with white6.76:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#454545
Inverted#7BDA34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0059CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#005BC8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.2 from the original
Tritanopia#76537Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.76:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.11:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 8.4Blue violet · ΔE 9.3Dark violet · ΔE 11Medium orchid · ΔE 25.6Indigo · ΔE 27Medium blue · ΔE 28.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 8.41, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6CCB25
Analogous#3125CB, #CB25BF
Triadic#CB8425, #25CB84
Split complementary#BFCB25, #25CB31
Tetradic#CB3125, #6CCB25, #25BFCB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1C7F5
Lighter +30%#CA9CED
Lighter +20%#B371E5
Lighter +10%#9C46DD
Darker −10%#681DA0
Darker −20%#4C1575
Darker −30%#300D4A
Darker −40%#14061E
More saturated +25%#8807E9
Less saturated −25%#8043AD

Channel breakdown

R132
G37
B203
Red132 (51.8%)
Green37 (14.5%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue274.34°
Saturation (HSL)69.17%
Lightness47.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G 25 · B CB

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