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Recognised as Colour

#8432FB

  • #8432FB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8432FB is a violet with RGB values 132, 50, 251 and HSL 264°, 96%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8432FB#8432FB
HEX#8432FB
RGBrgb(132, 50, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.1961, 0.9843
RGB percentages51.8%, 19.6%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(264.5, 96.2%, 59%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.5, 80.1%, 98.4%)
CMYK47.4%, 80.1%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,663,803
CSS custom property--colour: #8432FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14152WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.48:1
Contrast with white5.48:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#525252
Inverted#7BCD04

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006BFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original
Deuteranopia#0066F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Tritanopia#5F6D99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 89.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.48:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.83:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11Dark violet · ΔE 16.1Medium blue · ΔE 21.1Dark orchid · ΔE 26.1Blue · ΔE 26.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 37.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.98, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A9FB32
Analogous#3244FB, #E932FB
Triadic#FB8432, #32FB84
Split complementary#FBE932, #44FB32
Tetradic#FB3244, #A9FB32, #32FBE9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFAFF
Lighter +30%#DEC8FE
Lighter +20%#C096FD
Lighter +10%#A264FC
Darker −10%#6705F5
Darker −20%#5204C3
Darker −30%#3D0391
Darker −40%#28025F
More saturated +25%#832EFF
Less saturated −25%#894CE1

Channel breakdown

R132
G50
B251
Red132 (51.8%)
Green50 (19.6%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue264.48°
Saturation (HSL)96.17%
Lightness59.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G 32 · B FB

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