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Recognised as Colour

#8603CA

  • #8603CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#8603CA is a violet with RGB values 134, 3, 202 and HSL 279°, 97%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#8603CA#8603CA
HEX#8603CA
RGBrgb(134, 3, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.0118, 0.7922
RGB percentages52.5%, 1.2%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(279.5, 97.1%, 40.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.5, 98.5%, 79.2%)
CMYK33.7%, 98.5%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,782,794
CSS custom property--colour: #8603CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09398WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness100.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.29:1
Contrast with white7.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D
Inverted#79FC35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0053CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0057C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.9 from the original
Tritanopia#7A4A76no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.29:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 4.7Blue violet · ΔE 7.8Dark orchid · ΔE 14Medium blue · ΔE 25.2Medium orchid · ΔE 31.2Indigo · ΔE 31.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 4.68, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#47CA03
Analogous#2203CA, #CA03AB
Triadic#CA8603, #03CA86
Split complementary#ABCA03, #03CA22
Tetradic#CA2203, #47CA03, #03ABCA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DC9BFE
Lighter +30%#CA69FD
Lighter +20%#B937FC
Lighter +10%#A705FB
Darker −10%#650298
Darker −20%#430265
Darker −30%#220133
Darker −40%#010001
More saturated +25%#8700CD
Less saturated −25%#7E1DB0

Channel breakdown

R134
G3
B202
Red134 (52.5%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue279.5°
Saturation (HSL)97.07%
Lightness40.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G 03 · B CA

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