Colour

#8A00FF

#8A00FF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue

#8A00FF is a violet with RGB values 138, 0, 255 and HSL 272°, 100%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#8A00FF#8A00FF

HEX#8A00FF

RGBrgb(138, 0, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0, 1

RGB percentages54.1%, 0%, 100%

HSLhsl(272.5, 100%, 50%)

HSV / HSBhsv(272.5, 100%, 100%)

CMYK45.9%, 100%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,044,223

CSS custom property--colour: #8A00FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12623WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness114.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.96:1

Contrast with white5.96:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#303030

Inverted#75FF00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0064FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#0061FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original

Tritanopia#696496no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 95.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.52:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 20 Blue violet · ΔE 21.6 Dark violet · ΔE 22.3 Medium blue · ΔE 24 Dark orchid · ΔE 36.3 Fuchsia · ΔE 38.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 20.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#75FF00

Analogous#0B00FF, #FF00F4

Triadic#FF8A00, #00FF8A

Split complementary#F5FF00, #00FF0A

Tetradic#FF0A00, #75FF00, #00F4FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E8CCFF

Lighter +30%#D099FF

Lighter +20%#B966FF

Lighter +10%#A133FF

Darker −10%#6E00CC

Darker −20%#530099

Darker −30%#370066

Darker −40%#1C0033

More saturated +25%#8A00FF

Less saturated −25%#8720DF

Channel breakdown

R138

B255

Red138 (54.1%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue272.47°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8A · G 00 · B FF

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