Colour

#8A2BE2

#8A2BE2
Violet
Dark
Named: Blue violet

#8A2BE2 is the CSS colour violet with RGB values 138, 43, 226 and HSL 271°, 76%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#8A2BE2

RGBrgb(138, 43, 226)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.1686, 0.8863

RGB percentages54.1%, 16.9%, 88.6%

HSLhsl(271.1, 75.9%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(271.1, 81%, 88.6%)

CMYK38.9%, 81%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,055,202

CSS custom property--colour: #8A2BE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12622WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness112.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.96:1

Contrast with white5.96:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C

Inverted#75D41D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0063E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#0063DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original

Tritanopia#765F89no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.52:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 0 Dark violet · ΔE 8.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 15.4 Medium blue · ΔE 24.2 Medium orchid · ΔE 31.6 Medium slateblue · ΔE 31.9

This is a named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)exact match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableblueviolet

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#83E22B

Analogous#2F2BE2, #E22BDE

Triadic#E28A2B, #2BE28A

Split complementary#DEE22B, #2BE22F

Tetradic#E22F2B, #83E22B, #2BDEE2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDDEFB

Lighter +30%#D4B2F4

Lighter +20%#BC85EE

Lighter +10%#A358E8

Darker −10%#701AC0

Darker −20%#561493

Darker −30%#3C0E66

Darker −40%#210839

More saturated +25%#8B0EFF

Less saturated −25%#8949C4

Channel breakdown

R138

G43

B226

Red138 (54.1%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue226 (88.6%)

Hue271.15°

Saturation (HSL)75.93%

Lightness52.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8A · G 2B · B E2

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