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Recognised as Colour

#8749FB

  • #8749FB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8749FB is a violet with RGB values 135, 73, 251 and HSL 261°, 96%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8749FB#8749FB
HEX#8749FB
RGBrgb(135, 73, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.2863, 0.9843
RGB percentages52.9%, 28.6%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(260.9, 95.7%, 63.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.9, 70.9%, 98.4%)
CMYK46.2%, 70.9%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,866,299
CSS custom property--colour: #8749FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16881WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.8:1
Contrast with white4.8:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#636363
Inverted#78B604

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0074FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#006FF8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Tritanopia#64779Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.38:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.9Dark violet · ΔE 17.9Dark orchid · ΔE 19.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.5Medium blue · ΔE 26.5Medium orchid · ΔE 32.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.89, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDFB49
Analogous#4964FB, #E049FB
Triadic#FB8749, #49FB87
Split complementary#FBE049, #64FB49
Tetradic#FB4964, #BDFB49, #49FBE0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EADFFE
Lighter +20%#C9ADFD
Lighter +10%#A87BFC
Darker −10%#6617FA
Darker −20%#4F05D9
Darker −30%#3D04A7
Darker −40%#2B0375
More saturated +25%#8645FF
Less saturated −25%#8E60E4

Channel breakdown

R135
G73
B251
Red135 (52.9%)
Green73 (28.6%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue260.9°
Saturation (HSL)95.7%
Lightness63.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G 49 · B FB

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