Recognised as Colour

#8623FF

#8623FF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#8623FF is a violet with RGB values 134, 35, 255 and HSL 267°, 100%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8623FF#8623FF

HEX#8623FF

RGBrgb(134, 35, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.1373, 1

RGB percentages52.5%, 13.7%, 100%

HSLhsl(267, 100%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(267, 86.3%, 100%)

CMYK47.5%, 86.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,791,039

CSS custom property--colour: #8623FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1349WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness116.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.68:1

Contrast with white5.68:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#484848

Inverted#79DC00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0068FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#0063FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.3 from the original

Tritanopia#616A99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 93.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.7:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 16.5 Dark violet · ΔE 19.1 Medium blue · ΔE 21.7 Blue · ΔE 22 Dark orchid · ΔE 31.7 Fuchsia · ΔE 38.5

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 16.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#9CFF23

Analogous#232EFF, #F423FF

Triadic#FF8623, #23FF86

Split complementary#FFF423, #2EFF23

Tetradic#FF232E, #9CFF23, #23FFF4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F6EFFF

Lighter +30%#DABCFF

Lighter +20%#BE89FF

Lighter +10%#A256FF

Darker −10%#6C00EF

Darker −20%#5500BC

Darker −30%#3E0089

Darker −40%#270056

More saturated +25%#8623FF

Less saturated −25%#893EE3

Channel breakdown

R134

G35

B255

Red134 (52.5%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue267°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness56.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 86 · G 23 · B FF

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