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Recognised as Colour

#8A65BE

  • #8A65BE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#8A65BE is a violet with RGB values 138, 101, 190 and HSL 265°, 41%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#8A65BE#8A65BE
HEX#8A65BE
RGBrgb(138, 101, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.3961, 0.7451
RGB percentages54.1%, 39.6%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(264.9, 40.6%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.9, 46.8%, 74.5%)
CMYK27.4%, 46.8%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,070,014
CSS custom property--colour: #8A65BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18428WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.69:1
Contrast with white4.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.69:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#737373
Inverted#759A41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4B76C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original
Deuteranopia#5477BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Tritanopia#807588no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.48:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 10.5Slate blue · ΔE 17.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.5Royal blue · ΔE 24.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 10.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99BE65
Analogous#656DBE, #B665BE
Triadic#BE8A65, #65BE8A
Split complementary#BEB665, #6DBE65
Tetradic#BE656D, #99BE65, #65BEB6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7F4FB
Lighter +30%#DCD1EB
Lighter +20%#C0ADDC
Lighter +10%#A589CD
Darker −10%#7047A9
Darker −20%#583885
Darker −30%#402961
Darker −40%#291A3D
More saturated +25%#854AD9
Less saturated −25%#8F80A3

Channel breakdown

R138
G101
B190
Red138 (54.1%)
Green101 (39.6%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue264.94°
Saturation (HSL)40.64%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8A · G 65 · B BE

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