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Recognised as Colour

#8428C9

  • #8428C9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#8428C9 is a violet with RGB values 132, 40, 201 and HSL 274°, 67%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#8428C9#8428C9
HEX#8428C9
RGBrgb(132, 40, 201)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.1569, 0.7882
RGB percentages51.8%, 15.7%, 78.8%
HSLhsl(274.3, 66.8%, 47.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.3, 80.1%, 78.8%)
CMYK34.3%, 80.1%, 0%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,661,193
CSS custom property--colour: #8428C9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1064WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness103.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.71:1
Contrast with white6.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#474747
Inverted#7BD736

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0059CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#005CC6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original
Tritanopia#77547Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.71:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.13:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 7.1Blue violet · ΔE 11.1Dark violet · ΔE 12.8Medium orchid · ΔE 24Indigo · ΔE 25.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 7.14, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6DC928
Analogous#3328C9, #C928BE
Triadic#C98428, #28C984
Split complementary#BDC928, #28C933
Tetradic#C93328, #6DC928, #28BEC9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2C9F4
Lighter +30%#CB9EEC
Lighter +20%#B374E3
Lighter +10%#9C49DB
Darker −10%#68209E
Darker −20%#4C1774
Darker −30%#300F49
Darker −40%#14061F
More saturated +25%#880AE7
Less saturated −25%#8046AB

Channel breakdown

R132
G40
B201
Red132 (51.8%)
Green40 (15.7%)
Blue201 (78.8%)
Hue274.29°
Saturation (HSL)66.8%
Lightness47.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G 28 · B C9

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