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Colour

#8942FF

  • #8942FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8942FF is a violet with RGB values 137, 66, 255 and HSL 263°, 100%, 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

#8942FF#8942FF
HEX#8942FF
RGBrgb(137, 66, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.2588, 1
RGB percentages53.7%, 25.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(262.5, 100%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.5, 74.1%, 100%)
CMYK46.3%, 74.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,995,583
CSS custom property--colour: #8942FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16435WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.9:1
Contrast with white4.9:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#76BD00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0073FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#006DFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original
Tritanopia#65759Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.9:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.29:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.5Dark violet · ΔE 16.7Dark orchid · ΔE 22.8Medium blue · ΔE 24.4Blue · ΔE 31.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 31.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B8FF42
Analogous#425AFF, #E842FF
Triadic#FF8942, #42FF89
Split complementary#FFE742, #5AFF42
Tetradic#FF4259, #B8FF42, #42FFE7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9DBFF
Lighter +20%#C9A8FF
Lighter +10%#A975FF
Darker −10%#690FFF
Darker −20%#5200DB
Darker −30%#3F00A8
Darker −40%#2C0075
More saturated +25%#8942FF
Less saturated −25%#8F5AE7

Channel breakdown

R137
G66
B255
Red137 (53.7%)
Green66 (25.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue262.54°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G 42 · B FF

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