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Recognised as Colour

#8700ED

  • #8700ED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8700ED is a violet with RGB values 135, 0, 237 and HSL 274°, 100%, 46%. 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

#8700ED#8700ED
HEX#8700ED
RGBrgb(135, 0, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0, 0.9294
RGB percentages52.9%, 0%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(274.2, 100%, 46.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.2, 100%, 92.9%)
CMYK43%, 100%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,847,597
CSS custom property--colour: #8700ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11265WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness108.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.46:1
Contrast with white6.46:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#78FF12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005EF2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#005CE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.6 from the original
Tritanopia#6D5C8Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 87.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.46:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.3Dark violet · ΔE 14.7Medium blue · ΔE 21Blue · ΔE 24.5Dark orchid · ΔE 28.9Fuchsia · ΔE 36.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#66ED00
Analogous#1100ED, #ED00DC
Triadic#ED8700, #00ED87
Split complementary#DCED00, #00ED11
Tetradic#ED1100, #66ED00, #00DCED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1BAFF
Lighter +30%#CB87FF
Lighter +20%#B554FF
Lighter +10%#9F21FF
Darker −10%#6A00BA
Darker −20%#4D0087
Darker −30%#300054
Darker −40%#130021
More saturated +25%#8700ED
Less saturated −25%#831ECF

Channel breakdown

R135
G0
B237
Red135 (52.9%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue274.18°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness46.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G 00 · B ED

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