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Recognised as Colour

#8A06E2

  • #8A06E2
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#8A06E2 is a violet with RGB values 138, 6, 226 and HSL 276°, 95%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#8A06E2#8A06E2
HEX#8A06E2
RGBrgb(138, 6, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.0235, 0.8863
RGB percentages54.1%, 2.4%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(276, 94.8%, 45.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276, 97.3%, 88.6%)
CMYK38.9%, 97.3%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,045,730
CSS custom property--colour: #8A06E2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11025WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.55:1
Contrast with white6.55:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#323232
Inverted#75F91D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005CE7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#005DDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.8 from the original
Tritanopia#775685no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.55:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.2:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 8.7Blue violet · ΔE 9.1Medium blue · ΔE 21.8Dark orchid · ΔE 22.8Blue · ΔE 29.8Fuchsia · ΔE 34.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 8.68, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5EE206
Analogous#1C06E2, #E206CC
Triadic#E28A06, #06E28A
Split complementary#CCE206, #06E21C
Tetradic#E21C06, #5EE206, #06CCE2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1B7FD
Lighter +30%#CC85FC
Lighter +20%#B854FA
Lighter +10%#A322F9
Darker −10%#6C05B0
Darker −20%#4D037F
Darker −30%#2F024D
Darker −40%#11011B
More saturated +25%#8B00E8
Less saturated −25%#8423C5

Channel breakdown

R138
G6
B226
Red138 (54.1%)
Green6 (2.4%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue276°
Saturation (HSL)94.83%
Lightness45.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8A · G 06 · B E2

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