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Recognised as Colour

#8A1AED

  • #8A1AED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8A1AED is a violet with RGB values 138, 26, 237 and HSL 272°, 85%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8A1AED#8A1AED
HEX#8A1AED
RGBrgb(138, 26, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.102, 0.9294
RGB percentages54.1%, 10.2%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(271.8, 85.4%, 51.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.8, 89%, 92.9%)
CMYK41.8%, 89%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,050,861
CSS custom property--colour: #8A1AED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12256WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.08:1
Contrast with white6.08:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#75E512

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0062F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0061E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original
Tritanopia#725F8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.08:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.45:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10Dark violet · ΔE 11.8Medium blue · ΔE 21.5Dark orchid · ΔE 24.8Blue · ΔE 27.6Fuchsia · ΔE 35.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7DED1A
Analogous#211AED, #ED1AE6
Triadic#ED8A1A, #1AED8A
Split complementary#E7ED1A, #1AED20
Tetradic#ED201A, #7DED1A, #1AE6ED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBD7FC
Lighter +30%#D2A8F8
Lighter +20%#BA79F4
Lighter +10%#A249F1
Darker −10%#700FC5
Darker −20%#550C95
Darker −30%#3A0866
Darker −40%#1F0437
More saturated +25%#8B08FF
Less saturated −25%#8839CE

Channel breakdown

R138
G26
B237
Red138 (54.1%)
Green26 (10.2%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue271.85°
Saturation (HSL)85.43%
Lightness51.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8A · G 1A · B ED

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