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Recognised as Colour

#8800AF

  • #8800AF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#8800AF is a violet with RGB values 136, 0, 175 and HSL 287°, 100%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#8800AF#8800AF
HEX#8800AF
RGBrgb(136, 0, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0, 0.6863
RGB percentages53.3%, 0%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(286.6, 100%, 34.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286.6, 100%, 68.6%)
CMYK22.3%, 100%, 0%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,913,071
CSS custom property--colour: #8800AF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08329WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.88:1
Contrast with white7.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A
Inverted#77FF50

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004BB3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0054ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.3 from the original
Tritanopia#843B65no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9.6Dark violet · ΔE 16.1Blue violet · ΔE 19.1Dark magenta · ΔE 19.5Indigo · ΔE 22.1Medium orchid · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.64, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#27AF00
Analogous#3000AF, #AF007F
Triadic#AF8800, #00AF88
Split complementary#7FAF00, #00AF31
Tetradic#AF3100, #27AF00, #007FAF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E27CFF
Lighter +30%#D649FF
Lighter +20%#CB16FF
Lighter +10%#B000E2
Darker −10%#60007C
Darker −20%#390049
Darker −30%#110016
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8800AF
Less saturated −25%#7C1699

Channel breakdown

R136
G0
B175
Red136 (53.3%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue286.63°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness34.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G 00 · B AF

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