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Recognised as Colour

#8A29CC

  • #8A29CC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#8A29CC is a violet with RGB values 138, 41, 204 and HSL 276°, 67%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#8A29CC#8A29CC
HEX#8A29CC
RGBrgb(138, 41, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.1608, 0.8
RGB percentages54.1%, 16.1%, 80%
HSLhsl(275.7, 66.5%, 48%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.7, 79.9%, 80%)
CMYK32.4%, 79.9%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,054,668
CSS custom property--colour: #8A29CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11349WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.42:1
Contrast with white6.42:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#494949
Inverted#75D633

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005CD0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#005FC9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.3 from the original
Tritanopia#7E557Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.42:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.27:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 6.2Blue violet · ΔE 10.4Dark violet · ΔE 11.7Medium orchid · ΔE 23.5Indigo · ΔE 27Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 6.25, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6BCC29
Analogous#3829CC, #CC29BD
Triadic#CC8A29, #29CC8A
Split complementary#BDCC29, #29CC38
Tetradic#CC3829, #6BCC29, #29BDCC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4CCF5
Lighter +30%#CEA2EC
Lighter +20%#B877E4
Lighter +10%#A24DDB
Darker −10%#6D20A2
Darker −20%#511877
Darker −30%#340F4D
Darker −40%#170722
More saturated +25%#900AEB
Less saturated −25%#8448AD

Channel breakdown

R138
G41
B204
Red138 (54.1%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue275.71°
Saturation (HSL)66.53%
Lightness48.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8A · G 29 · B CC

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