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Recognised as Colour

#8755FE

  • #8755FE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8755FE is a violet with RGB values 135, 85, 254 and HSL 258°, 99%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8755FE#8755FE
HEX#8755FE
RGBrgb(135, 85, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.3333, 0.9961
RGB percentages52.9%, 33.3%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(257.8, 98.8%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.8, 66.5%, 99.6%)
CMYK46.9%, 66.5%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,869,374
CSS custom property--colour: #8755FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18804WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness130.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.76:1
Contrast with white4.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.76:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#78AA01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007BFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0074FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original
Tritanopia#617FA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.41:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.5Dark orchid · ΔE 19.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.8Dark violet · ΔE 22.2Slate blue · ΔE 29.8Medium orchid · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CCFE55
Analogous#5578FE, #DB55FE
Triadic#FE8755, #55FE87
Split complementary#FEDC55, #77FE55
Tetradic#FE5578, #CCFE55, #55FEDB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2EDFF
Lighter +20%#CFBAFF
Lighter +10%#AB88FE
Darker −10%#6322FE
Darker −20%#4701EC
Darker −30%#3701B9
Darker −40%#280186
More saturated +25%#8754FF
Less saturated −25%#906AE9

Channel breakdown

R135
G85
B254
Red135 (52.9%)
Green85 (33.3%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue257.75°
Saturation (HSL)98.83%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G 55 · B FE

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