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Recognised as Colour

#8434FA

  • #8434FA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8434FA is a violet with RGB values 132, 52, 250 and HSL 264°, 95%, 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

#8434FA#8434FA
HEX#8434FA
RGBrgb(132, 52, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.2039, 0.9804
RGB percentages51.8%, 20.4%, 98%
HSLhsl(264.2, 95.2%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.2, 79.2%, 98%)
CMYK47.2%, 79.2%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,664,314
CSS custom property--colour: #8434FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14264WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.45:1
Contrast with white5.45:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#7BCB05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006BFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0066F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Tritanopia#606E98no 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 text5.45:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.85:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10Dark violet · ΔE 15.7Medium blue · ΔE 21.3Dark orchid · ΔE 25.1Blue · ΔE 27.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 36.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.04, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AAFA34
Analogous#3447FA, #E734FA
Triadic#FA8434, #34FA84
Split complementary#FAE734, #47FA34
Tetradic#FA3447, #AAFA34, #34FAE7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFBFF
Lighter +30%#DEC9FE
Lighter +20%#C098FC
Lighter +10%#A266FB
Darker −10%#6706F5
Darker −20%#5205C3
Darker −30%#3D0491
Darker −40%#280260
More saturated +25%#832FFF
Less saturated −25%#894EE0

Channel breakdown

R132
G52
B250
Red132 (51.8%)
Green52 (20.4%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue264.24°
Saturation (HSL)95.19%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G 34 · B FA

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