Colour

#8440FF

#8440FF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#8440FF is a violet with RGB values 132, 64, 255 and HSL 261°, 100%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8440FF#8440FF

HEX#8440FF

RGBrgb(132, 64, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.251, 1

RGB percentages51.8%, 25.1%, 100%

HSLhsl(261.4, 100%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(261.4, 74.9%, 100%)

CMYK48.2%, 74.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,667,391

CSS custom property--colour: #8440FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15792WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness122.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.05:1

Contrast with white5.05:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C

Inverted#7BBF00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0071FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#006BFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original

Tritanopia#5C759Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10.2 Dark violet · ΔE 17.3 Medium blue · ΔE 23.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 24 Blue · ΔE 30.3 Medium slateblue · ΔE 32.9

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#BBFF40

Analogous#405CFF, #E340FF

Triadic#FF8440, #40FF84

Split complementary#FFE440, #5BFF40

Tetradic#FF405C, #BBFF40, #40FFE3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E7D9FF

Lighter +20%#C6A6FF

Lighter +10%#A573FF

Darker −10%#630DFF

Darker −20%#4D00D9

Darker −30%#3B00A6

Darker −40%#290073

More saturated +25%#8440FF

Less saturated −25%#8B58E7

Channel breakdown

R132

G64

B255

Red132 (51.8%)

Green64 (25.1%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue261.36°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness62.55%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 84 · G 40 · B FF

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