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Recognised as Colour

#8803EC

  • #8803EC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8803EC is a violet with RGB values 136, 3, 236 and HSL 274°, 97%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8803EC#8803EC
HEX#8803EC
RGBrgb(136, 3, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.0118, 0.9255
RGB percentages53.3%, 1.2%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(274.2, 97.5%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.2, 98.7%, 92.5%)
CMYK42.4%, 98.7%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,913,900
CSS custom property--colour: #8803EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11355WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.42:1
Contrast with white6.42:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#303030
Inverted#77FC13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005EF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#005DE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.2 from the original
Tritanopia#6F5B8Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.42:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.27:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 13.4Dark violet · ΔE 13.8Medium blue · ΔE 21.1Blue · ΔE 25.3Dark orchid · ΔE 27.9Fuchsia · ΔE 35.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 13.44, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#67EC03
Analogous#1303EC, #EC03DC
Triadic#EC8803, #03EC88
Split complementary#DBEC03, #03EC14
Tetradic#EC1403, #67EC03, #03DCEC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2BDFE
Lighter +30%#CC8AFE
Lighter +20%#B658FD
Lighter +10%#A026FC
Darker −10%#6B02BA
Darker −20%#4E0287
Darker −30%#310155
Darker −40%#140023
More saturated +25%#8800EF
Less saturated −25%#8421CE

Channel breakdown

R136
G3
B236
Red136 (53.3%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue274.25°
Saturation (HSL)97.49%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G 03 · B EC

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