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Recognised as Colour

#850AF8

  • #850AF8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#850AF8 is a violet with RGB values 133, 10, 248 and HSL 271°, 94%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#850AF8#850AF8
HEX#850AF8
RGBrgb(133, 10, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.0392, 0.9725
RGB percentages52.2%, 3.9%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(271, 94.4%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271, 96%, 97.3%)
CMYK46.4%, 96%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,719,096
CSS custom property--colour: #850AF8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11981WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.18:1
Contrast with white6.18:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#353535
Inverted#7AF507

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0062FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#005EF4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.8 from the original
Tritanopia#646292no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 93.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.18:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.4:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 18.1Dark violet · ΔE 19.2Blue · ΔE 21Medium blue · ΔE 21.5Dark orchid · ΔE 33Fuchsia · ΔE 38.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 18.06, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7DF80A
Analogous#0E0AF8, #F80AF4
Triadic#F8850A, #0AF885
Split complementary#F4F80A, #0AF80E
Tetradic#F80E0A, #7DF80A, #0AF4F8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E8D0FE
Lighter +30%#CF9FFC
Lighter +20%#B66DFB
Lighter +10%#9E3CF9
Darker −10%#6B06C9
Darker −20%#500498
Darker −30%#360366
Darker −40%#1C0234
More saturated +25%#8503FF
Less saturated −25%#8429D9

Channel breakdown

R133
G10
B248
Red133 (52.2%)
Green10 (3.9%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue271.01°
Saturation (HSL)94.44%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G 0A · B F8

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