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Colour

#8700C5

  • #8700C5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#8700C5 is a violet with RGB values 135, 0, 197 and HSL 281°, 100%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#8700C5#8700C5
HEX#8700C5
RGBrgb(135, 0, 197)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0, 0.7725
RGB percentages52.9%, 0%, 77.3%
HSLhsl(281.1, 100%, 38.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.1, 100%, 77.3%)
CMYK31.5%, 100%, 0%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,847,557
CSS custom property--colour: #8700C5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09182WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.4:1
Contrast with white7.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B
Inverted#78FF3A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0051C9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0057C2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.5 from the original
Tritanopia#7D4773no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.4:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 6Blue violet · ΔE 9.5Dark orchid · ΔE 12.5Medium blue · ΔE 26.9Indigo · ΔE 29.6Medium orchid · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 5.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3EC500
Analogous#2500C5, #C500A0
Triadic#C58700, #00C587
Split complementary#A1C500, #00C525
Tetradic#C52500, #3EC500, #00A0C5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DD92FF
Lighter +30%#CD5FFF
Lighter +20%#BD2CFF
Lighter +10%#AA00F8
Darker −10%#640092
Darker −20%#41005F
Darker −30%#1E002C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8700C5
Less saturated −25%#7E19AC

Channel breakdown

R135
G0
B197
Red135 (52.9%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue197 (77.3%)
Hue281.12°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness38.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G 00 · B C5

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