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Recognised as Colour

#8A26FD

  • #8A26FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8A26FD is a violet with RGB values 138, 38, 253 and HSL 268°, 98%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8A26FD#8A26FD
HEX#8A26FD
RGBrgb(138, 38, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.149, 0.9922
RGB percentages54.1%, 14.9%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(267.9, 98.2%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.9, 85%, 99.2%)
CMYK45.5%, 85%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,053,949
CSS custom property--colour: #8A26FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13881WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.56:1
Contrast with white5.56:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B
Inverted#75D902

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0069FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0065F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original
Tritanopia#696A98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 90.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.56:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.78:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.4Dark violet · ΔE 17.2Medium blue · ΔE 22.1Blue · ΔE 24.1Dark orchid · ΔE 29.5Fuchsia · ΔE 37.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99FD26
Analogous#262DFD, #F526FD
Triadic#FD8A26, #26FD8A
Split complementary#FDF626, #2DFD26
Tetradic#FD262E, #99FD26, #26FDF6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7F0FF
Lighter +30%#DCBEFE
Lighter +20%#C08BFE
Lighter +10%#A559FD
Darker −10%#7002EE
Darker −20%#5802BB
Darker −30%#400189
Darker −40%#290156
More saturated +25%#8A24FF
Less saturated −25%#8C41E2

Channel breakdown

R138
G38
B253
Red138 (54.1%)
Green38 (14.9%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue267.91°
Saturation (HSL)98.17%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8A · G 26 · B FD

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