Recognised as Colour

#8759FF

#8759FF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#8759FF is a violet with RGB values 135, 89, 255 and HSL 257°, 100%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8759FF#8759FF

HEX#8759FF

RGBrgb(135, 89, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.349, 1

RGB percentages52.9%, 34.9%, 100%

HSLhsl(256.6, 100%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(256.6, 65.1%, 100%)

CMYK47.1%, 65.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,870,399

CSS custom property--colour: #8759FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19516WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.9:1

Contrast with white4.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.9:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F

Inverted#78A600

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#007DFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#0076FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original

Tritanopia#6082A5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 16.3 Medium slateblue · ΔE 18.8 Dark orchid · ΔE 20 Dark violet · ΔE 23.8 Slate blue · ΔE 28.1 Medium orchid · ΔE 29

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 16.3, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#D1FF59

Analogous#597EFF, #DA59FF

Triadic#FF8759, #59FF87

Split complementary#FFDA59, #7EFF59

Tetradic#FF597E, #D1FF59, #59FFDA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F6F2FF

Lighter +20%#D1BFFF

Lighter +10%#AC8CFF

Darker −10%#6226FF

Darker −20%#4300F2

Darker −30%#3500BF

Darker −40%#27008C

More saturated +25%#8759FF

Less saturated −25%#906EEA

Channel breakdown

R135

G89

B255

Red135 (52.9%)

Green89 (34.9%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue256.63°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness67.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 87 · G 59 · B FF

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