Recognised as Colour

#8801FF

#8801FF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue

#8801FF is a violet with RGB values 136, 1, 255 and HSL 272°, 100%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#8801FF#8801FF

HEX#8801FF

RGBrgb(136, 1, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.0039, 1

RGB percentages53.3%, 0.4%, 100%

HSLhsl(271.9, 100%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(271.9, 99.6%, 100%)

CMYK46.7%, 99.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,913,407

CSS custom property--colour: #8801FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12476WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness113.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.01:1

Contrast with white6.01:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#303030

Inverted#77FE00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0064FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#0060FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.2 from the original

Tritanopia#656496no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 95.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.5:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 19.5 Blue violet · ΔE 21.7 Dark violet · ΔE 22.5 Medium blue · ΔE 23.7 Dark orchid · ΔE 36.5 Fuchsia · ΔE 38.6

Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 19.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#78FF01

Analogous#0901FF, #FF01F7

Triadic#FF8801, #01FF88

Split complementary#F7FF01, #01FF09

Tetradic#FF0901, #78FF01, #01F7FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E8CDFF

Lighter +30%#D09AFF

Lighter +20%#B867FF

Lighter +10%#A034FF

Darker −10%#6D00CD

Darker −20%#52009A

Darker −30%#370067

Darker −40%#1C0034

More saturated +25%#8801FF

Less saturated −25%#8621DF

Channel breakdown

R136

B255

Red136 (53.3%)

Green1 (0.4%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue271.89°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 88 · G 01 · B FF

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