Recognised as Colour

#8A16DD

#8A16DD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#8A16DD is a violet with RGB values 138, 22, 221 and HSL 275°, 82%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#8A16DD

RGBrgb(138, 22, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.0863, 0.8667

RGB percentages54.1%, 8.6%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(275, 81.9%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(275, 90%, 86.7%)

CMYK37.6%, 90%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,049,821

CSS custom property--colour: #8A16DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11198WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness107.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.48:1

Contrast with white6.48:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D

Inverted#75E922

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005CE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#005EDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.6 from the original

Tritanopia#785783no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.24:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 5 Dark violet · ΔE 5.7 Dark orchid · ΔE 18.3 Medium blue · ΔE 22.9 Blue · ΔE 33.5 Fuchsia · ΔE 34.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 5.01, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#69DD16

Analogous#2716DD, #DD16CC

Triadic#DD8A16, #16DD8A

Split complementary#CCDD16, #16DD26

Tetradic#DD2716, #69DD16, #16CDDD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E4C6F9

Lighter +30%#CE97F5

Lighter +20%#B869F0

Lighter +10%#A23BEB

Darker −10%#6D11AF

Darker −20%#500D80

Darker −30%#330852

Darker −40%#160423

More saturated +25%#8E00F3

Less saturated −25%#8534BF

Channel breakdown

R138

G22

B221

Red138 (54.1%)

Green22 (8.6%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue274.97°

Saturation (HSL)81.89%

Lightness47.65%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8A · G 16 · B DD

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