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Recognised as Colour

#8705D9

  • #8705D9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#8705D9 is a violet with RGB values 135, 5, 217 and HSL 277°, 95%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#8705D9#8705D9
HEX#8705D9
RGBrgb(135, 5, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.0196, 0.851
RGB percentages52.9%, 2%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(276.8, 95.5%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.8, 97.7%, 85.1%)
CMYK37.8%, 97.7%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,848,857
CSS custom property--colour: #8705D9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10269WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness104.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.88:1
Contrast with white6.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#303030
Inverted#78FA26

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0058DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#005AD6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.9 from the original
Tritanopia#76527Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 5.8Blue violet · ΔE 6.9Dark orchid · ΔE 19.6Medium blue · ΔE 22.1Blue · ΔE 32.7Fuchsia · ΔE 35.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 5.8, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#57D905
Analogous#1D05D9, #D905C1
Triadic#D98705, #05D987
Split complementary#C1D905, #05D91D
Tetradic#D91D05, #57D905, #05C1D9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DEADFD
Lighter +30%#CA7BFC
Lighter +20%#B649FB
Lighter +10%#A217FA
Darker −10%#6804A7
Darker −20%#490375
Darker −30%#2A0243
Darker −40%#0B0012
More saturated +25%#8800DE
Less saturated −25%#8121BD

Channel breakdown

R135
G5
B217
Red135 (52.9%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue276.79°
Saturation (HSL)95.5%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G 05 · B D9

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