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Recognised as Colour

#8600FA

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

#8600FA is a violet with RGB values 134, 0, 250 and HSL 272°, 100%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8600FA#8600FA
HEX#8600FA
RGBrgb(134, 0, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0, 0.9804
RGB percentages52.5%, 0%, 98%
HSLhsl(272.2, 100%, 49%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.2, 100%, 98%)
CMYK46.4%, 100%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,782,074
CSS custom property--colour: #8600FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1197WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.19:1
Contrast with white6.19:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F
Inverted#79FF05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0062FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#005EF6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.7 from the original
Tritanopia#646293no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 94.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.19:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 19.9Blue · ΔE 20.2Dark violet · ΔE 20.7Medium blue · ΔE 22.4Dark orchid · ΔE 34.7Fuchsia · ΔE 38.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 19.93, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#74FA00
Analogous#0900FA, #FA00F1
Triadic#FA8600, #00FA86
Split complementary#F1FA00, #00FA09
Tetradic#FA0900, #74FA00, #00F1FA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5C7FF
Lighter +30%#CD94FF
Lighter +20%#B661FF
Lighter +10%#9E2EFF
Darker −10%#6B00C7
Darker −20%#4F0094
Darker −30%#340061
Darker −40%#19002E
More saturated +25%#8600FA
Less saturated −25%#841FDB

Channel breakdown

R134
G0
B250
Red134 (52.5%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue272.16°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness49.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G 00 · B FA

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