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Recognised as Colour

#8743FF

  • #8743FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8743FF is a violet with RGB values 135, 67, 255 and HSL 262°, 100%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8743FF#8743FF
HEX#8743FF
RGBrgb(135, 67, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.2627, 1
RGB percentages52.9%, 26.3%, 100%
HSLhsl(261.7, 100%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.7, 73.7%, 100%)
CMYK47.1%, 73.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,864,767
CSS custom property--colour: #8743FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16385WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.91:1
Contrast with white4.91:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#78BC00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0073FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#006DFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original
Tritanopia#62769Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.91:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.8Dark violet · ΔE 17.2Dark orchid · ΔE 22.8Medium blue · ΔE 24.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 31.4Blue · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.75, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BBFF43
Analogous#435DFF, #E543FF
Triadic#FF8743, #43FF87
Split complementary#FFE543, #5DFF43
Tetradic#FF435D, #BBFF43, #43FFE5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9DCFF
Lighter +20%#C8A9FF
Lighter +10%#A876FF
Darker −10%#6610FF
Darker −20%#5000DC
Darker −30%#3D00A9
Darker −40%#2B0076
More saturated +25%#8743FF
Less saturated −25%#8D5AE8

Channel breakdown

R135
G67
B255
Red135 (52.9%)
Green67 (26.3%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue261.7°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G 43 · B FF

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