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Recognised as Colour

#8638DB

  • #8638DB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8638DB is a violet with RGB values 134, 56, 219 and HSL 269°, 69%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8638DB#8638DB
HEX#8638DB
RGBrgb(134, 56, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.2196, 0.8588
RGB percentages52.5%, 22%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(268.7, 69.4%, 53.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.7, 74.4%, 85.9%)
CMYK38.8%, 74.4%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,796,379
CSS custom property--colour: #8638DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13011WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.83:1
Contrast with white5.83:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#545454
Inverted#79C724

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0064E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0064D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.6 from the original
Tritanopia#726287no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.83:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.6:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.6Dark orchid · ΔE 10Dark violet · ΔE 13.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.1Medium orchid · ΔE 25.2Medium blue · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.63, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8DDB38
Analogous#383CDB, #D738DB
Triadic#DB8638, #38DB86
Split complementary#DBD738, #3CDB38
Tetradic#DB383C, #8DDB38, #38DBD7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFE5FA
Lighter +30%#D5BAF2
Lighter +20%#BB8EEB
Lighter +10%#A063E3
Darker −10%#6D22BE
Darker −20%#541B92
Darker −30%#3B1367
Darker −40%#220B3C
More saturated +25%#851BF8
Less saturated −25%#8755BE

Channel breakdown

R134
G56
B219
Red134 (52.5%)
Green56 (22%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue268.71°
Saturation (HSL)69.36%
Lightness53.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G 38 · B DB

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