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Recognised as Colour

#8729F9

  • #8729F9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8729F9 is a violet with RGB values 135, 41, 249 and HSL 267°, 95%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8729F9#8729F9
HEX#8729F9
RGBrgb(135, 41, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.1608, 0.9765
RGB percentages52.9%, 16.1%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(267.1, 94.5%, 56.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.1, 83.5%, 97.6%)
CMYK45.8%, 83.5%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,858,105
CSS custom property--colour: #8729F9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13576WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.65:1
Contrast with white5.65:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C
Inverted#78D606

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0068FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0064F5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Tritanopia#666996no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 89.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.65:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.72:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12Dark violet · ΔE 15.6Medium blue · ΔE 21.2Blue · ΔE 25.4Dark orchid · ΔE 27.3Fuchsia · ΔE 37.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.04, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9BF929
Analogous#2933F9, #EF29F9
Triadic#F98729, #29F987
Split complementary#F9EF29, #33F929
Tetradic#F92933, #9BF929, #29F9EF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6EFFF
Lighter +30%#DABEFD
Lighter +20%#BF8CFC
Lighter +10%#A35BFA
Darker −10%#6D07E8
Darker −20%#5505B7
Darker −30%#3E0485
Darker −40%#270254
More saturated +25%#8623FF
Less saturated −25%#8A45DE

Channel breakdown

R135
G41
B249
Red135 (52.9%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue267.12°
Saturation (HSL)94.55%
Lightness56.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G 29 · B F9

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