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Recognised as Colour

#8955FF

  • #8955FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8955FF is a violet with RGB values 137, 85, 255 and HSL 258°, 100%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8955FF#8955FF
HEX#8955FF
RGBrgb(137, 85, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.3333, 1
RGB percentages53.7%, 33.3%, 100%
HSLhsl(258.4, 100%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.4, 66.7%, 100%)
CMYK46.3%, 66.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,000,447
CSS custom property--colour: #8955FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19035WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.81:1
Contrast with white4.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.81:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#76AA00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007BFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0075FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original
Tritanopia#647FA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.37:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.2Dark orchid · ΔE 19.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.3Dark violet · ΔE 21.8Medium orchid · ΔE 29.9Slate blue · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CBFF55
Analogous#5576FF, #DE55FF
Triadic#FF8955, #55FF89
Split complementary#FFDE55, #76FF55
Tetradic#FF5576, #CBFF55, #55FFDE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3EEFF
Lighter +20%#D0BBFF
Lighter +10%#AC88FF
Darker −10%#6622FF
Darker −20%#4900EE
Darker −30%#3900BB
Darker −40%#2A0088
More saturated +25%#8955FF
Less saturated −25%#916AEA

Channel breakdown

R137
G85
B255
Red137 (53.7%)
Green85 (33.3%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue258.35°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G 55 · B FF

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