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Recognised as Colour

#8808D8

  • #8808D8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#8808D8 is a violet with RGB values 136, 8, 216 and HSL 277°, 93%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#8808D8#8808D8
HEX#8808D8
RGBrgb(136, 8, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.0314, 0.8471
RGB percentages53.3%, 3.1%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(276.9, 92.9%, 43.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.9, 96.3%, 84.7%)
CMYK37%, 96.3%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,915,160
CSS custom property--colour: #8808D8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10366WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness104.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.83:1
Contrast with white6.83:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#323232
Inverted#77F727

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0058DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44 from the original
Deuteranopia#005AD5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.8 from the original
Tritanopia#78527Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.83:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 5Blue violet · ΔE 6.4Dark orchid · ΔE 18.6Medium blue · ΔE 22.7Blue · ΔE 33.6Dark blue · ΔE 34.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 5.03, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#58D808
Analogous#2008D8, #D808C0
Triadic#D88808, #08D888
Split complementary#C0D808, #08D820
Tetradic#D82008, #58D808, #08C0D8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFB0FC
Lighter +30%#CB7FFA
Lighter +20%#B74EF8
Lighter +10%#A31CF7
Darker −10%#6906A7
Darker −20%#4A0476
Darker −30%#2B0344
Darker −40%#0C0113
More saturated +25%#8A00E0
Less saturated −25%#8224BC

Channel breakdown

R136
G8
B216
Red136 (53.3%)
Green8 (3.1%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue276.92°
Saturation (HSL)92.86%
Lightness43.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G 08 · B D8

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