Colour

#8811DD

#8811DD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#8811DD is a violet with RGB values 136, 17, 221 and HSL 275°, 86%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8811DD#8811DD

HEX#8811DD

HEX (short)#81D

RGBrgb(136, 17, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.0667, 0.8667

RGB percentages53.3%, 6.7%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(275, 85.7%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(275, 92.3%, 86.7%)

CMYK38.5%, 92.3%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,917,469

CSS custom property--colour: #8811DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10856WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness106.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.62:1

Contrast with white6.62:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#393939

Inverted#77EE22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005BE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#005CDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48 from the original

Tritanopia#755682no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 6.1 Dark violet · ΔE 6.4 Dark orchid · ΔE 19.6 Medium blue · ΔE 22.1 Blue · ΔE 32.3 Fuchsia · ΔE 35.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 6.06, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#66DD11

Analogous#2211DD, #DD11CC

Triadic#DD8811, #11DD88

Split complementary#CCDD11, #11DD22

Tetradic#DD2211, #66DD11, #11CCDD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E2C0FA

Lighter +30%#CC90F7

Lighter +20%#B661F3

Lighter +10%#A032EF

Darker −10%#6B0DAE

Darker −20%#4E0A7E

Darker −30%#31064F

Darker −40%#130220

More saturated +25%#8B00EE

Less saturated −25%#832FBF

Channel breakdown

R136

G17

B221

Red136 (53.3%)

Green17 (6.7%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue275°

Saturation (HSL)85.71%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 88 · G 11 · B DD

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