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Colour

#8820DB

  • #8820DB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8820DB is a violet with RGB values 136, 32, 219 and HSL 273°, 75%, 49%. 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

#8820DB#8820DB
HEX#8820DB
RGBrgb(136, 32, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.1255, 0.8588
RGB percentages53.3%, 12.5%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(273.4, 74.5%, 49.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.4, 85.4%, 85.9%)
CMYK37.9%, 85.4%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,921,307
CSS custom property--colour: #8820DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11382WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.41:1
Contrast with white6.41:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#444444
Inverted#77DF24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005DE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#005ED8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.4 from the original
Tritanopia#765883no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.41:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 2.6Dark violet · ΔE 6.2Dark orchid · ΔE 15.5Medium blue · ΔE 23.6Medium orchid · ΔE 32.2Dark blue · ΔE 33.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 2.57, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#73DB20
Analogous#2B20DB, #DB20D0
Triadic#DB8820, #20DB88
Split complementary#D1DB20, #20DB2B
Tetradic#DB2B20, #73DB20, #20D1DB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6CFF8
Lighter +30%#CEA3F1
Lighter +20%#B776EB
Lighter +10%#A04AE4
Darker −10%#6C19AF
Darker −20%#511382
Darker −30%#350C56
Darker −40%#190629
More saturated +25%#8C01FA
Less saturated −25%#843FBC

Channel breakdown

R136
G32
B219
Red136 (53.3%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue273.37°
Saturation (HSL)74.5%
Lightness49.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G 20 · B DB

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