Colour

#8809FF

#8809FF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue

#8809FF is a violet with RGB values 136, 9, 255 and HSL 271°, 100%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#8809FF#8809FF

HEX#8809FF

RGBrgb(136, 9, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.0353, 1

RGB percentages53.3%, 3.5%, 100%

HSLhsl(271, 100%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(271, 96.5%, 100%)

CMYK46.7%, 96.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,915,455

CSS custom property--colour: #8809FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1265WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness114 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.95:1

Contrast with white5.95:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#77F600

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0065FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#0060FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.3 from the original

Tritanopia#656596no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 95.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.53:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 19.8 Blue violet · ΔE 20.9 Dark violet · ΔE 21.9 Medium blue · ΔE 23.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 35.7 Fuchsia · ΔE 38.5

Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 19.85, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#80FF09

Analogous#0D09FF, #FF09FB

Triadic#FF8809, #09FF88

Split complementary#FBFF09, #09FF0D

Tetradic#FF0D09, #80FF09, #09FBFF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBD5FF

Lighter +30%#D2A2FF

Lighter +20%#B96FFF

Lighter +10%#A13CFF

Darker −10%#6E00D5

Darker −20%#5400A2

Darker −30%#39006F

Darker −40%#1F003C

More saturated +25%#8809FF

Less saturated −25%#8728E0

Channel breakdown

R136

B255

Red136 (53.3%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue270.98°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness51.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 88 · G 09 · B FF

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