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Recognised as Colour

#8844FC

  • #8844FC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8844FC is a violet with RGB values 136, 68, 252 and HSL 262°, 97%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8844FC#8844FC
HEX#8844FC
RGBrgb(136, 68, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.2667, 0.9882
RGB percentages53.3%, 26.7%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(262.2, 96.8%, 62.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.2, 73%, 98.8%)
CMYK46%, 73%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,930,556
CSS custom property--colour: #8844FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16397WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.91:1
Contrast with white4.91:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#606060
Inverted#77BB03

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0073FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#006DF8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original
Tritanopia#65759Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.91:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.9Dark violet · ΔE 16.7Dark orchid · ΔE 21.1Medium blue · ΔE 25Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.6Blue · ΔE 33.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.89, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B8FC44
Analogous#445CFC, #E444FC
Triadic#FC8844, #44FC88
Split complementary#FCE444, #5CFC44
Tetradic#FC445C, #B8FC44, #44FCE4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E8DBFE
Lighter +20%#C8A8FE
Lighter +10%#A876FD
Darker −10%#6812FB
Darker −20%#5103D7
Darker −30%#3E03A4
Darker −40%#2B0272
More saturated +25%#8741FF
Less saturated −25%#8E5CE4

Channel breakdown

R136
G68
B252
Red136 (53.3%)
Green68 (26.7%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue262.17°
Saturation (HSL)96.84%
Lightness62.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G 44 · B FC

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