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Recognised as Colour

#8939F7

  • #8939F7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8939F7 is a violet with RGB values 137, 57, 247 and HSL 265°, 92%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8939F7#8939F7
HEX#8939F7
RGBrgb(137, 57, 247)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.2235, 0.9686
RGB percentages53.7%, 22.4%, 96.9%
HSLhsl(265.3, 92.2%, 59.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.3, 76.9%, 96.9%)
CMYK44.5%, 76.9%, 0%, 3.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,993,271
CSS custom property--colour: #8939F7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1496WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.26:1
Contrast with white5.26:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#585858
Inverted#76C608

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006DFCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0069F3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Tritanopia#6A6E98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.26:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.99:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 7.2Dark violet · ΔE 14.1Dark orchid · ΔE 21.5Medium blue · ΔE 23.2Blue · ΔE 31.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 33.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 7.18, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A7F739
Analogous#3948F7, #E839F7
Triadic#F78939, #39F789
Split complementary#F7E839, #48F739
Tetradic#F73948, #A7F739, #39F7E8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFDFF
Lighter +30%#E1CCFD
Lighter +20%#C39BFB
Lighter +10%#A66AF9
Darker −10%#6C0AF3
Darker −20%#5608C2
Darker −30%#410691
Darker −40%#2B0460
More saturated +25%#8831FF
Less saturated −25%#8D53DD

Channel breakdown

R137
G57
B247
Red137 (53.7%)
Green57 (22.4%)
Blue247 (96.9%)
Hue265.26°
Saturation (HSL)92.23%
Lightness59.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G 39 · B F7

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