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Recognised as Colour

#8956FE

  • #8956FE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8956FE is a violet with RGB values 137, 86, 254 and HSL 258°, 99%, 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

#8956FE#8956FE
HEX#8956FE
RGBrgb(137, 86, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.3373, 0.9961
RGB percentages53.7%, 33.7%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(258.2, 98.8%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.2, 66.1%, 99.6%)
CMYK46.1%, 66.1%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,000,702
CSS custom property--colour: #8956FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1913WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.83:1
Contrast with white4.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.83:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#76A901

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007CFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37 from the original
Deuteranopia#0076FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original
Tritanopia#657FA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.35:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.7Dark orchid · ΔE 19.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.3Dark violet · ΔE 22.3Medium orchid · ΔE 29.1Slate blue · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.74, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CBFE56
Analogous#5677FE, #DD56FE
Triadic#FE8956, #56FE89
Split complementary#FEDD56, #77FE56
Tetradic#FE5677, #CBFE56, #56FEDD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3EEFF
Lighter +20%#D0BBFF
Lighter +10%#AC89FE
Darker −10%#6623FE
Darker −20%#4901ED
Darker −30%#3901BA
Darker −40%#2A0187
More saturated +25%#8955FF
Less saturated −25%#916BE9

Channel breakdown

R137
G86
B254
Red137 (53.7%)
Green86 (33.7%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue258.21°
Saturation (HSL)98.82%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G 56 · B FE

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