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Recognised as Colour

#8908C8

  • #8908C8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#8908C8 is a violet with RGB values 137, 8, 200 and HSL 280°, 92%, 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 violet.

Colour values

#8908C8#8908C8
HEX#8908C8
RGBrgb(137, 8, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.0314, 0.7843
RGB percentages53.7%, 3.1%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(280.3, 92.3%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.3, 96%, 78.4%)
CMYK31.5%, 96%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,980,680
CSS custom property--colour: #8908C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09662WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness101 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.16:1
Contrast with white7.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#313131
Inverted#76F737

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0054CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0059C5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.4 from the original
Tritanopia#7F4A75no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.16:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 5.5Blue violet · ΔE 8.7Dark orchid · ΔE 12.1Medium blue · ΔE 27Medium orchid · ΔE 29.3Indigo · ΔE 30.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 5.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#47C808
Analogous#2908C8, #C808A7
Triadic#C88908, #08C889
Split complementary#A7C808, #08C829
Tetradic#C82908, #47C808, #08A7C8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DEA1FB
Lighter +30%#CC70F9
Lighter +20%#BB3FF7
Lighter +10%#A90EF5
Darker −10%#670697
Darker −20%#460466
Darker −30%#240235
Darker −40%#030004
More saturated +25%#8C00D0
Less saturated −25%#8022AE

Channel breakdown

R137
G8
B200
Red137 (53.7%)
Green8 (3.1%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue280.31°
Saturation (HSL)92.31%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G 08 · B C8

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