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Colour

#8542FA

  • #8542FA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8542FA is a violet with RGB values 133, 66, 250 and HSL 262°, 95%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8542FA#8542FA
HEX#8542FA
RGBrgb(133, 66, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.2588, 0.9804
RGB percentages52.2%, 25.9%, 98%
HSLhsl(261.8, 94.8%, 62%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.8, 73.6%, 98%)
CMYK46.8%, 73.6%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,733,434
CSS custom property--colour: #8542FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15785WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.05:1
Contrast with white5.05:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#7ABD05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0071FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#006BF6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.7 from the original
Tritanopia#61749Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.6Dark violet · ΔE 16.5Dark orchid · ΔE 21.1Medium blue · ΔE 24.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.8Blue · ΔE 33.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.62, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B7FA42
Analogous#425BFA, #E142FA
Triadic#FA8542, #42FA85
Split complementary#FAE142, #5BFA42
Tetradic#FA425B, #B7FA42, #42FAE1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E5D7FE
Lighter +20%#C5A5FD
Lighter +10%#A574FB
Darker −10%#6510F9
Darker −20%#4F06D0
Darker −30%#3C049F
Darker −40%#2A036D
More saturated +25%#843DFF
Less saturated −25%#8C5AE2

Channel breakdown

R133
G66
B250
Red133 (52.2%)
Green66 (25.9%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue261.85°
Saturation (HSL)94.85%
Lightness61.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G 42 · B FA

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