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Recognised as Colour

#8603AE

  • #8603AE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#8603AE is a violet with RGB values 134, 3, 174 and HSL 286°, 97%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#8603AE#8603AE
HEX#8603AE
RGBrgb(134, 3, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.0118, 0.6824
RGB percentages52.5%, 1.2%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(286, 96.6%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286, 98.3%, 68.2%)
CMYK23%, 98.3%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,782,766
CSS custom property--colour: #8603AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08189WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness93.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.96:1
Contrast with white7.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B
Inverted#79FC51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004BB2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0053ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.2 from the original
Tritanopia#823C65no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.96:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9.7Dark violet · ΔE 16.8Dark magenta · ΔE 19.2Blue violet · ΔE 19.4Indigo · ΔE 21.3Purple · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.7, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2BAE03
Analogous#3103AE, #AE0380
Triadic#AE8603, #03AE86
Split complementary#80AE03, #03AE31
Tetradic#AE3103, #2BAE03, #0380AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E080FD
Lighter +30%#D34EFC
Lighter +20%#C71CFB
Lighter +10%#AD04E0
Darker −10%#5F027C
Darker −20%#39014A
Darker −30%#120018
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8800B1
Less saturated −25%#7A1998

Channel breakdown

R134
G3
B174
Red134 (52.5%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue285.96°
Saturation (HSL)96.61%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G 03 · B AE

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