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Recognised as Colour

#8700BC

  • #8700BC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#8700BC is a violet with RGB values 135, 0, 188 and HSL 283°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#8700BC#8700BC
HEX#8700BC
RGBrgb(135, 0, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0, 0.7373
RGB percentages52.9%, 0%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(283.1, 100%, 36.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.1, 100%, 73.7%)
CMYK28.2%, 100%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,847,548
CSS custom property--colour: #8700BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08782WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.62:1
Contrast with white7.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A
Inverted#78FF43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004FC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0055B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52 from the original
Tritanopia#80426Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.62:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 9.8Dark orchid · ΔE 10.1Blue violet · ΔE 13Indigo · ΔE 26.2Dark magenta · ΔE 26.2Medium orchid · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 9.83, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#35BC00
Analogous#2900BC, #BC0093
Triadic#BC8700, #00BC87
Split complementary#93BC00, #00BC29
Tetradic#BC2900, #35BC00, #0093BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DE89FF
Lighter +30%#CF56FF
Lighter +20%#C123FF
Lighter +10%#AC00EF
Darker −10%#620089
Darker −20%#3E0056
Darker −30%#190023
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8700BC
Less saturated −25%#7D18A5

Channel breakdown

R135
G0
B188
Red135 (52.9%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue283.09°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness36.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G 00 · B BC

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