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Recognised as Colour

#8A36EC

  • #8A36EC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8A36EC is a violet with RGB values 138, 54, 236 and HSL 268°, 83%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8A36EC#8A36EC
HEX#8A36EC
RGBrgb(138, 54, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.2118, 0.9255
RGB percentages54.1%, 21.2%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(267.7, 82.7%, 56.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.7, 77.1%, 92.5%)
CMYK41.5%, 77.1%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,058,028
CSS custom property--colour: #8A36EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14098WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.5:1
Contrast with white5.5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#555555
Inverted#75C913

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0069F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0067E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.4 from the original
Tritanopia#716891no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.82:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 3.4Dark violet · ΔE 11.4Dark orchid · ΔE 17.1Medium blue · ΔE 24.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 30.5Medium orchid · ΔE 32.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 3.45, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#98EC36
Analogous#363DEC, #E536EC
Triadic#EC8A36, #36EC8A
Split complementary#ECE536, #3DEC36
Tetradic#EC363D, #98EC36, #36ECE5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6F0FE
Lighter +30%#DBC2F9
Lighter +20%#C093F5
Lighter +10%#A565F0
Darker −10%#7015DA
Darker −20%#5810AC
Darker −30%#400C7D
Darker −40%#28074F
More saturated +25%#8923FF
Less saturated −25%#8C51D1

Channel breakdown

R138
G54
B236
Red138 (54.1%)
Green54 (21.2%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue267.69°
Saturation (HSL)82.73%
Lightness56.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8A · G 36 · B EC

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