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Recognised as Colour

#8521FC

  • #8521FC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8521FC is a violet with RGB values 133, 33, 252 and HSL 267°, 97%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8521FC#8521FC
HEX#8521FC
RGBrgb(133, 33, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.1294, 0.9882
RGB percentages52.2%, 12.9%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(267.4, 97.3%, 55.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.4, 86.9%, 98.8%)
CMYK47.2%, 86.9%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,724,988
CSS custom property--colour: #8521FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13103WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.8:1
Contrast with white5.8:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#464646
Inverted#7ADE03

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0067FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0062F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Tritanopia#616897no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 92.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.62:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 15.7Dark violet · ΔE 18.3Medium blue · ΔE 21.1Blue · ΔE 22.3Dark orchid · ΔE 30.9Fuchsia · ΔE 38.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 15.74, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#98FC21
Analogous#212BFC, #F221FC
Triadic#FC8521, #21FC85
Split complementary#FCF221, #2BFC21
Tetradic#FC212B, #98FC21, #21FCF2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4EAFF
Lighter +30%#D8B8FE
Lighter +20%#BC86FD
Lighter +10%#A153FD
Darker −10%#6B03E7
Darker −20%#5402B5
Darker −30%#3C0282
Darker −40%#250150
More saturated +25%#851EFF
Less saturated −25%#873DE0

Channel breakdown

R133
G33
B252
Red133 (52.2%)
Green33 (12.9%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue267.4°
Saturation (HSL)97.33%
Lightness55.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G 21 · B FC

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