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Recognised as Colour

#8723DB

  • #8723DB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8723DB is a violet with RGB values 135, 35, 219 and HSL 273°, 72%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8723DB#8723DB
HEX#8723DB
RGBrgb(135, 35, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.1373, 0.8588
RGB percentages52.9%, 13.7%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(272.6, 72.4%, 49.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.6, 84%, 85.9%)
CMYK38.4%, 84%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,856,539
CSS custom property--colour: #8723DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11467WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.38:1
Contrast with white6.38:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#464646
Inverted#78DC24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005EE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#005ED8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original
Tritanopia#745A83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.38:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.29:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 2.1Dark violet · ΔE 6.9Dark orchid · ΔE 14.9Medium blue · ΔE 23.7Medium orchid · ΔE 31.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 32.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 2.14, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#77DB23
Analogous#2B23DB, #DB23D3
Triadic#DB8723, #23DB87
Split complementary#D3DB23, #23DB2B
Tetradic#DB2B23, #77DB23, #23D3DB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7D2F8
Lighter +30%#CFA6F1
Lighter +20%#B77AEA
Lighter +10%#9F4EE3
Darker −10%#6C1CAF
Darker −20%#511583
Darker −30%#360E57
Darker −40%#1B072B
More saturated +25%#8A03FB
Less saturated −25%#8443BB

Channel breakdown

R135
G35
B219
Red135 (52.9%)
Green35 (13.7%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue272.61°
Saturation (HSL)72.44%
Lightness49.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G 23 · B DB

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