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Recognised as Colour

#8A11FE

  • #8A11FE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8A11FE is a violet with RGB values 138, 17, 254 and HSL 271°, 99%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8A11FE#8A11FE
HEX#8A11FE
RGBrgb(138, 17, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.0667, 0.9961
RGB percentages54.1%, 6.7%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(270.6, 99.2%, 53.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.6, 93.3%, 99.6%)
CMYK45.7%, 93.3%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,048,574
CSS custom property--colour: #8A11FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1296WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.85:1
Contrast with white5.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C
Inverted#75EE01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0066FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0062FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.9 from the original
Tritanopia#696696no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 94.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.85:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.59:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 19.2Dark violet · ΔE 20.4Blue · ΔE 21.1Medium blue · ΔE 23.1Dark orchid · ΔE 34Fuchsia · ΔE 37.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 19.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#85FE11
Analogous#1311FE, #FE11FC
Triadic#FE8A11, #11FE8A
Split complementary#FCFE11, #11FE13
Tetradic#FE1311, #85FE11, #11FCFE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEDCFF
Lighter +30%#D5A9FF
Lighter +20%#BC77FE
Lighter +10%#A344FE
Darker −10%#7001DB
Darker −20%#5601A8
Darker −30%#3C0076
Darker −40%#220043
More saturated +25%#8A10FF
Less saturated −25%#892FE0

Channel breakdown

R138
G17
B254
Red138 (54.1%)
Green17 (6.7%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue270.63°
Saturation (HSL)99.16%
Lightness53.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8A · G 11 · B FE

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