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Recognised as Colour

#8911FE

  • #8911FE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8911FE is a violet with RGB values 137, 17, 254 and HSL 270°, 99%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8911FE#8911FE
HEX#8911FE
RGBrgb(137, 17, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.0667, 0.9961
RGB percentages53.7%, 6.7%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(270.4, 99.2%, 53.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.4, 93.3%, 99.6%)
CMYK46.1%, 93.3%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,983,038
CSS custom property--colour: #8911FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12875WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.87:1
Contrast with white5.87:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C
Inverted#76EE01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0065FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0061FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.2 from the original
Tritanopia#676696no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 94.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.87:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.58:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 19.3Dark violet · ΔE 20.6Blue · ΔE 20.8Medium blue · ΔE 22.9Dark orchid · ΔE 34.2Fuchsia · ΔE 37.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 19.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#86FE11
Analogous#1311FE, #FE11FD
Triadic#FE8911, #11FE89
Split complementary#FDFE11, #11FE13
Tetradic#FE1211, #86FE11, #11FDFE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEDCFF
Lighter +30%#D5A9FF
Lighter +20%#BB77FE
Lighter +10%#A244FE
Darker −10%#6F01DB
Darker −20%#5601A8
Darker −30%#3C0076
Darker −40%#220043
More saturated +25%#8910FF
Less saturated −25%#892FE0

Channel breakdown

R137
G17
B254
Red137 (53.7%)
Green17 (6.7%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue270.38°
Saturation (HSL)99.16%
Lightness53.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G 11 · B FE

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