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Colour

#8741FF

  • #8741FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8741FF is a violet with RGB values 135, 65, 255 and HSL 262°, 100%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8741FF#8741FF
HEX#8741FF
RGBrgb(135, 65, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.2549, 1
RGB percentages52.9%, 25.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(262.1, 100%, 62.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.1, 74.5%, 100%)
CMYK47.1%, 74.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,864,255
CSS custom property--colour: #8741FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16151WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.96:1
Contrast with white4.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#78BE00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0072FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#006CFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Tritanopia#62759Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 87 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.96:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.8Dark violet · ΔE 17Dark orchid · ΔE 23.3Medium blue · ΔE 23.8Blue · ΔE 31.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 32.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.79, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B9FF41
Analogous#415AFF, #E641FF
Triadic#FF8741, #41FF87
Split complementary#FFE641, #5AFF41
Tetradic#FF415A, #B9FF41, #41FFE6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E8DAFF
Lighter +20%#C7A7FF
Lighter +10%#A774FF
Darker −10%#670EFF
Darker −20%#5000DA
Darker −30%#3E00A7
Darker −40%#2B0074
More saturated +25%#8741FF
Less saturated −25%#8D59E7

Channel breakdown

R135
G65
B255
Red135 (52.9%)
Green65 (25.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue262.11°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness62.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G 41 · B FF

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