Recognised as Colour

#8829D7

#8829D7
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#8829D7 is a violet with RGB values 136, 41, 215 and HSL 273°, 69%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#8829D7

RGBrgb(136, 41, 215)

RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.1608, 0.8431

RGB percentages53.3%, 16.1%, 84.3%

HSLhsl(272.8, 68.5%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(272.8, 80.9%, 84.3%)

CMYK36.7%, 80.9%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,923,607

CSS custom property--colour: #8829D7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11726WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness108.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.28:1

Contrast with white6.28:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A

Inverted#77D628

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005EDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original

Deuteranopia#0060D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original

Tritanopia#775A82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 4.7 Dark violet · ΔE 8.6 Dark orchid · ΔE 11.3 Medium blue · ΔE 26.1 Medium orchid · ΔE 28.1 Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.5

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 4.7, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#78D729

Analogous#3129D7, #D729CF

Triadic#D78829, #29D788

Split complementary#CFD729, #29D731

Tetradic#D73129, #78D729, #29CFD7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E8D5F7

Lighter +30%#D0AAEF

Lighter +20%#B87FE7

Lighter +10%#A054DF

Darker −10%#6D20AD

Darker −20%#521882

Darker −30%#371057

Darker −40%#1C082C

More saturated +25%#8B09F7

Less saturated −25%#8549B7

Channel breakdown

R136

G41

B215

Red136 (53.3%)

Green41 (16.1%)

Blue215 (84.3%)

Hue272.76°

Saturation (HSL)68.5%

Lightness50.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 88 · G 29 · B D7

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