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Recognised as Colour

#8A23DC

  • #8A23DC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8A23DC is a violet with RGB values 138, 35, 220 and HSL 273°, 73%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8A23DC#8A23DC
HEX#8A23DC
RGBrgb(138, 35, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.1373, 0.8627
RGB percentages54.1%, 13.7%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(273.4, 72.5%, 50%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.4, 84.1%, 86.3%)
CMYK37.3%, 84.1%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,053,148
CSS custom property--colour: #8A23DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11773WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.26:1
Contrast with white6.26:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#464646
Inverted#75DC23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005FE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0060D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47 from the original
Tritanopia#795A84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.26:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 2.1Dark violet · ΔE 6.3Dark orchid · ΔE 14.8Medium blue · ΔE 24.3Medium orchid · ΔE 31.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 33
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 2.14, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#75DC23
Analogous#2E23DC, #DC23D2
Triadic#DC8A23, #23DC8A
Split complementary#D1DC23, #23DC2E
Tetradic#DC2E23, #75DC23, #23D2DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E8D3F8
Lighter +30%#D0A7F1
Lighter +20%#B97BEA
Lighter +10%#A14FE3
Darker −10%#6E1CB0
Darker −20%#531584
Darker −30%#370E58
Darker −40%#1C072C
More saturated +25%#8E03FC
Less saturated −25%#8643BC

Channel breakdown

R138
G35
B220
Red138 (54.1%)
Green35 (13.7%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue273.41°
Saturation (HSL)72.55%
Lightness50%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8A · G 23 · B DC

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