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Recognised as Colour

#8701F4

  • #8701F4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8701F4 is a violet with RGB values 135, 1, 244 and HSL 273°, 99%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8701F4#8701F4
HEX#8701F4
RGBrgb(135, 1, 244)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.0039, 0.9569
RGB percentages52.9%, 0.4%, 95.7%
HSLhsl(273.1, 99.2%, 48%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.1, 99.6%, 95.7%)
CMYK44.7%, 99.6%, 0%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,847,860
CSS custom property--colour: #8701F4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11704WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness110.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.29:1
Contrast with white6.29:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F
Inverted#78FE0B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0060F9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#005EF0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.7 from the original
Tritanopia#695F8Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 91 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.29:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 17.1Dark violet · ΔE 17.8Medium blue · ΔE 21.6Blue · ΔE 22.3Dark orchid · ΔE 31.8Fuchsia · ΔE 37
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 17.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6EF401
Analogous#0D01F4, #F401E8
Triadic#F48701, #01F487
Split complementary#E7F401, #01F40E
Tetradic#F40E01, #6EF401, #01E8F4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4C2FF
Lighter +30%#CD8FFF
Lighter +20%#B65DFE
Lighter +10%#9F2AFE
Darker −10%#6B01C1
Darker −20%#4F018E
Darker −30%#33005C
Darker −40%#170029
More saturated +25%#8700F5
Less saturated −25%#8420D5

Channel breakdown

R135
G1
B244
Red135 (52.9%)
Green1 (0.4%)
Blue244 (95.7%)
Hue273.09°
Saturation (HSL)99.18%
Lightness48.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G 01 · B F4

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