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Recognised as Colour

#8519AC

  • #8519AC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#8519AC is a violet with RGB values 133, 25, 172 and HSL 284°, 75%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#8519AC#8519AC
HEX#8519AC
RGBrgb(133, 25, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.098, 0.6745
RGB percentages52.2%, 9.8%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(284.1, 74.6%, 38.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284.1, 85.5%, 67.5%)
CMYK22.7%, 85.5%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,722,860
CSS custom property--colour: #8519AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0866WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.69:1
Contrast with white7.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B
Inverted#7AE653

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#004EB0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0255A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.9 from the original
Tritanopia#814066no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.69:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 10.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#40AC19
Analogous#3B19AC, #AC198A
Triadic#AC8519, #19AC85
Split complementary#8AAC19, #19AC3B
Tetradic#AC3B19, #40AC19, #198AAC

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#DCA0F1
Lighter +30%#CB73EB
Lighter +20%#BA47E4
Lighter +10%#A71FD9
Darker −10%#63137F
Darker −20%#400C53
Darker −30%#1E0626
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#9100C5
Less saturated −25%#793293

Channel breakdown

R133
G25
B172
Red133 (52.2%)
Green25 (9.8%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue284.08°
Saturation (HSL)74.62%
Lightness38.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G 19 · B AC

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