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Recognised as Colour

#8618DF

  • #8618DF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8618DF is a violet with RGB values 134, 24, 223 and HSL 273°, 81%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8618DF#8618DF
HEX#8618DF
RGBrgb(134, 24, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.0941, 0.8745
RGB percentages52.5%, 9.4%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(273.2, 80.6%, 48.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.2, 89.2%, 87.5%)
CMYK39.9%, 89.2%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,788,191
CSS custom property--colour: #8618DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11049WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.54:1
Contrast with white6.54:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E
Inverted#79E720

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005CE4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#005CDCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.1 from the original
Tritanopia#715884no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.54:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 5.3Dark violet · ΔE 7.3Dark orchid · ΔE 19.5Medium blue · ΔE 21.5Blue · ΔE 32Dark blue · ΔE 35.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 5.28, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#71DF18
Analogous#2218DF, #DF18D5
Triadic#DF8618, #18DF86
Split complementary#D4DF18, #18DF22
Tetradic#DF2318, #71DF18, #18D5DF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4CAF9
Lighter +30%#CD9CF4
Lighter +20%#B56EEF
Lighter +10%#9E40EA
Darker −10%#6A13B1
Darker −20%#4F0E83
Darker −30%#330955
Darker −40%#170427
More saturated +25%#8900F7
Less saturated −25%#8337C0

Channel breakdown

R134
G24
B223
Red134 (52.5%)
Green24 (9.4%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue273.17°
Saturation (HSL)80.57%
Lightness48.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G 18 · B DF

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