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Recognised as Colour

#8425DC

  • #8425DC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8425DC is a violet with RGB values 132, 37, 220 and HSL 271°, 72%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8425DC#8425DC
HEX#8425DC
RGBrgb(132, 37, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.1451, 0.8627
RGB percentages51.8%, 14.5%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(271.1, 72.3%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.1, 83.2%, 86.3%)
CMYK40%, 83.2%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,660,444
CSS custom property--colour: #8425DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11396WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.4:1
Contrast with white6.4:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#464646
Inverted#7BDA23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005EE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#005ED9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original
Tritanopia#6F5B84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.4:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 2Dark violet · ΔE 8Dark orchid · ΔE 15.4Medium blue · ΔE 22.9Medium orchid · ΔE 32.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 32.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 1.98, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7DDC25
Analogous#2925DC, #DC25D8
Triadic#DC8425, #25DC84
Split complementary#D8DC25, #25DC29
Tetradic#DC2925, #7DDC25, #25D8DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7D5F8
Lighter +30%#CEA9F1
Lighter +20%#B67DEA
Lighter +10%#9D51E3
Darker −10%#6A1CB2
Darker −20%#501586
Darker −30%#350E5A
Darker −40%#1B072E
More saturated +25%#8505FC
Less saturated −25%#8345BC

Channel breakdown

R132
G37
B220
Red132 (51.8%)
Green37 (14.5%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue271.15°
Saturation (HSL)72.33%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G 25 · B DC

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