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Recognised as Colour

#8744FE

  • #8744FE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8744FE is a violet with RGB values 135, 68, 254 and HSL 262°, 99%, 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

#8744FE#8744FE
HEX#8744FE
RGBrgb(135, 68, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.2667, 0.9961
RGB percentages52.9%, 26.7%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(261.6, 98.9%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.6, 73.2%, 99.6%)
CMYK46.9%, 73.2%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,865,022
CSS custom property--colour: #8744FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16441WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.9:1
Contrast with white4.9:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#606060
Inverted#78BB01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0073FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#006DFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Tritanopia#62769Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.9:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.29:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.5Dark violet · ΔE 17.1Dark orchid · ΔE 22.1Medium blue · ΔE 24.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 30.4Blue · ΔE 32.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BBFE44
Analogous#445EFE, #E444FE
Triadic#FE8744, #44FE87
Split complementary#FEE444, #5EFE44
Tetradic#FE445E, #BBFE44, #44FEE4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9DCFF
Lighter +20%#C8A9FF
Lighter +10%#A877FE
Darker −10%#6611FE
Darker −20%#5001DB
Darker −30%#3D01A8
Darker −40%#2B0175
More saturated +25%#8743FF
Less saturated −25%#8E5BE7

Channel breakdown

R135
G68
B254
Red135 (52.9%)
Green68 (26.7%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue261.61°
Saturation (HSL)98.94%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G 44 · B FE

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