Recognised as Colour

#8A06AE

#8A06AE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark orchid

#8A06AE is a violet with RGB values 138, 6, 174 and HSL 287°, 93%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#8A06AE#8A06AE

HEX#8A06AE

RGBrgb(138, 6, 174)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.0235, 0.6824

RGB percentages54.1%, 2.4%, 68.2%

HSLhsl(287.1, 93.3%, 35.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(287.1, 96.6%, 68.2%)

CMYK20.7%, 96.6%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,045,678

CSS custom property--colour: #8A06AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0859WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness95.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.73:1

Contrast with white7.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#75F951

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004CB2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#0056ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.4 from the original

Tritanopia#873B65no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9.5 Dark violet · ΔE 17.5 Dark magenta · ΔE 18 Blue violet · ΔE 20.3 Indigo · ΔE 21.7 Purple · ΔE 21.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.52, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2AAE06

Analogous#3606AE, #AE067E

Triadic#AE8A06, #06AE8A

Split complementary#7EAE06, #06AE36

Tetradic#AE3606, #2AAE06, #067EAE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E285FB

Lighter +30%#D654F9

Lighter +20%#CA23F7

Lighter +10%#B108DF

Darker −10%#63047D

Darker −20%#3C034B

Darker −30%#15011A

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8D00B4

Less saturated −25%#7D1D98

Channel breakdown

R138

B174

Red138 (54.1%)

Green6 (2.4%)

Blue174 (68.2%)

Hue287.14°

Saturation (HSL)93.33%

Lightness35.29%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8A · G 06 · B AE

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