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Colour

#8600EA

  • #8600EA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8600EA is a violet with RGB values 134, 0, 234 and HSL 274°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8600EA#8600EA
HEX#8600EA
RGBrgb(134, 0, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0, 0.9176
RGB percentages52.5%, 0%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(274.4, 100%, 45.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.4, 100%, 91.8%)
CMYK42.7%, 100%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,782,058
CSS custom property--colour: #8600EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11009WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.56:1
Contrast with white6.56:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D
Inverted#79FF15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005DEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45 from the original
Deuteranopia#005BE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original
Tritanopia#6D5A89no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.56:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.2:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 13.2Dark violet · ΔE 13.6Medium blue · ΔE 20.6Blue · ΔE 25.3Dark orchid · ΔE 27.7Fuchsia · ΔE 36.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 13.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#64EA00
Analogous#1100EA, #EA00D9
Triadic#EA8600, #00EA86
Split complementary#D9EA00, #00EA11
Tetradic#EA1100, #64EA00, #00D9EA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0B7FF
Lighter +30%#CA84FF
Lighter +20%#B551FF
Lighter +10%#9F1EFF
Darker −10%#6900B7
Darker −20%#4C0084
Darker −30%#2E0051
Darker −40%#11001E
More saturated +25%#8600EA
Less saturated −25%#821DCD

Channel breakdown

R134
G0
B234
Red134 (52.5%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue274.36°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness45.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G 00 · B EA

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