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Recognised as Colour

#8529FF

  • #8529FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8529FF is a violet with RGB values 133, 41, 255 and HSL 266°, 100%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8529FF#8529FF
HEX#8529FF
RGBrgb(133, 41, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.1608, 1
RGB percentages52.2%, 16.1%, 100%
HSLhsl(265.8, 100%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.8, 83.9%, 100%)
CMYK47.8%, 83.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,727,039
CSS custom property--colour: #8529FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13792WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.59:1
Contrast with white5.59:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C
Inverted#7AD600

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006AFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0064FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original
Tritanopia#5F6C99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 93.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.76:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 15.1Dark violet · ΔE 18.4Medium blue · ΔE 21.3Blue · ΔE 23Dark orchid · ΔE 30.3Fuchsia · ΔE 38.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 15.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A3FF29
Analogous#2938FF, #F029FF
Triadic#FF8529, #29FF85
Split complementary#FFF029, #38FF29
Tetradic#FF2938, #A3FF29, #29FFF0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9F5FF
Lighter +30%#DCC2FF
Lighter +20%#BF8FFF
Lighter +10%#A25CFF
Darker −10%#6900F5
Darker −20%#5300C2
Darker −30%#3D008F
Darker −40%#28005C
More saturated +25%#8529FF
Less saturated −25%#8944E4

Channel breakdown

R133
G41
B255
Red133 (52.2%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue265.79°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G 29 · B FF

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