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Recognised as Colour

#8464DC

  • #8464DC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#8464DC is a violet with RGB values 132, 100, 220 and HSL 256°, 63%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#8464DC#8464DC
HEX#8464DC
RGBrgb(132, 100, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.3922, 0.8627
RGB percentages51.8%, 39.2%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(256, 63.2%, 62.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256, 54.5%, 86.3%)
CMYK40%, 54.5%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,676,572
CSS custom property--colour: #8464DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19187WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.84:1
Contrast with white4.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#737373
Inverted#7B9B23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#297BE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#3177D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Tritanopia#6D7D96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.34:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 7Medium slateblue · ΔE 8.3Medium purple · ΔE 8.9Royal blue · ΔE 16.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.8Medium orchid · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 7, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCDC64
Analogous#6480DC, #C064DC
Triadic#DC8464, #64DC84
Split complementary#DCC064, #80DC64
Tetradic#DC6480, #BCDC64, #64DCC0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7E1F8
Lighter +20%#C6B7EF
Lighter +10%#A58EE5
Darker −10%#633AD3
Darker −20%#4D28B2
Darker −30%#3B1F88
Darker −40%#29155F
More saturated +25%#794CF4
Less saturated −25%#8F7CC4

Channel breakdown

R132
G100
B220
Red132 (51.8%)
Green100 (39.2%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue256°
Saturation (HSL)63.16%
Lightness62.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G 64 · B DC

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