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Recognised as Colour

#8472AA

  • #8472AA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#8472AA is a violet with RGB values 132, 114, 170 and HSL 259°, 25%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#8472AA#8472AA
HEX#8472AA
RGBrgb(132, 114, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.4471, 0.6667
RGB percentages51.8%, 44.7%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(259.3, 24.8%, 55.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.3, 32.9%, 66.7%)
CMYK22.4%, 32.9%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,680,106
CSS custom property--colour: #8472AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19842WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.97:1
Contrast with white4.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A
Inverted#7B8D55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#657BACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#687BA8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original
Tritanopia#7D7B86no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.23:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 23.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.1Plum · ΔE 26.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 26.5Slate grey · ΔE 27Light slate grey · ΔE 27.1
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 23.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#98AA72
Analogous#727CAA, #A072AA
Triadic#AA8472, #72AA84
Split complementary#AAA072, #7CAA72
Tetradic#AA727C, #98AA72, #72AAA0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3F1F7
Lighter +30%#D7D1E4
Lighter +20%#BCB2D0
Lighter +10%#A092BD
Darker −10%#6A5891
Darker −20%#534472
Darker −30%#3C3152
Darker −40%#241E32
More saturated +25%#7A56C6
Less saturated −25%#8E8E8E

Channel breakdown

R132
G114
B170
Red132 (51.8%)
Green114 (44.7%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue259.29°
Saturation (HSL)24.78%
Lightness55.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G 72 · B AA

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