Recognised as Colour

#8A58FF

#8A58FF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#8A58FF is a violet with RGB values 138, 88, 255 and HSL 258°, 100%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8A58FF#8A58FF

HEX#8A58FF

RGBrgb(138, 88, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.3451, 1

RGB percentages54.1%, 34.5%, 100%

HSLhsl(258, 100%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(258, 65.5%, 100%)

CMYK45.9%, 65.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,066,751

CSS custom property--colour: #8A58FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19603WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.92:1

Contrast with white4.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.92:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F

Inverted#75A700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#007DFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#0077FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original

Tritanopia#6681A4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.27:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 15.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 19.4 Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.6 Dark violet · ΔE 23 Medium orchid · ΔE 28.8 Slate blue · ΔE 28.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 15.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CDFF58

Analogous#587AFF, #DE58FF

Triadic#FF8A58, #58FF8A

Split complementary#FFDE58, #7AFF58

Tetradic#FF5879, #CDFF58, #58FFDE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F5F1FF

Lighter +20%#D1BEFF

Lighter +10%#AE8BFF

Darker −10%#6625FF

Darker −20%#4800F1

Darker −30%#3900BE

Darker −40%#2A008B

More saturated +25%#8A58FF

Less saturated −25%#926DEA

Channel breakdown

R138

G88

B255

Red138 (54.1%)

Green88 (34.5%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue257.96°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness67.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8A · G 58 · B FF

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