Recognised as Colour

#8826AA

#8826AA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark orchid

#8826AA is a violet with RGB values 136, 38, 170 and HSL 285°, 63%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#8826AA#8826AA

HEX#8826AA

RGBrgb(136, 38, 170)

RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.149, 0.6667

RGB percentages53.3%, 14.9%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(284.5, 63.5%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(284.5, 77.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK20%, 77.6%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,922,794

CSS custom property--colour: #8826AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09523WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness98.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.23:1

Contrast with white7.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#77D955

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0051AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#2159A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.6 from the original

Tritanopia#854467no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 12.9 Dark magenta · ΔE 13 Purple · ΔE 15.8 Medium orchid · ΔE 17 Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.3 Indigo · ΔE 18.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 12.86, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#48AA26

Analogous#4626AA, #AA268A

Triadic#AA8826, #26AA88

Split complementary#8AAA26, #26AA46

Tetradic#AA4626, #48AA26, #268AAA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DDAFED

Lighter +30%#CB85E4

Lighter +20%#BA5CDA

Lighter +10%#A832D1

Darker −10%#671D80

Darker −20%#451357

Darker −30%#240A2D

Darker −40%#030103

More saturated +25%#950CC4

Less saturated −25%#7B4090

Channel breakdown

R136

G38

B170

Red136 (53.3%)

Green38 (14.9%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue284.55°

Saturation (HSL)63.46%

Lightness40.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 88 · G 26 · B AA

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