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Recognised as Colour

#8608CA

  • #8608CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#8608CA is a violet with RGB values 134, 8, 202 and HSL 279°, 92%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#8608CA#8608CA
HEX#8608CA
RGBrgb(134, 8, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.0314, 0.7922
RGB percentages52.5%, 3.1%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(279, 92.4%, 41.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279, 96%, 79.2%)
CMYK33.7%, 96%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,784,074
CSS custom property--colour: #8608CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09506WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness100.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.24:1
Contrast with white7.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#313131
Inverted#79F735

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0054CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0057C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.3 from the original
Tritanopia#7A4B76no 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 text7.24:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 5.1Blue violet · ΔE 7.7Dark orchid · ΔE 13.3Medium blue · ΔE 25.5Medium orchid · ΔE 30.6Indigo · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 5.1, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4CCA08
Analogous#2508CA, #CA08AD
Triadic#CA8608, #08CA86
Split complementary#ADCA08, #08CA25
Tetradic#CA2508, #4CCA08, #08ADCA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DCA3FB
Lighter +30%#CA72F9
Lighter +20%#B741F7
Lighter +10%#A50FF6
Darker −10%#650699
Darker −20%#450468
Darker −30%#240237
Darker −40%#040006
More saturated +25%#8800D2
Less saturated −25%#7E22B0

Channel breakdown

R134
G8
B202
Red134 (52.5%)
Green8 (3.1%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue278.97°
Saturation (HSL)92.38%
Lightness41.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G 08 · B CA

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