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Recognised as Colour

#8A679B

  • #8A679B
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#8A679B is a violet with RGB values 138, 103, 155 and HSL 280°, 21%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#8A679B#8A679B
HEX#8A679B
RGBrgb(138, 103, 155)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.4039, 0.6078
RGB percentages54.1%, 40.4%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(280.4, 20.6%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.4, 33.5%, 60.8%)
CMYK11%, 33.5%, 0%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,070,491
CSS custom property--colour: #8A679B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1747WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness121.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.67:1
Contrast with white4.67:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#727272
Inverted#759864

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5F729Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#677599no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Tritanopia#896E7Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.67:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.49:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 26Dark slateblue · ΔE 26.4Slate grey · ΔE 29.1Light slate grey · ΔE 29.6Steel blue · ΔE 29.7Medium purple · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#789B67
Analogous#70679B, #9B6792
Triadic#9B8A67, #679B8A
Split complementary#929B67, #679B70
Tetradic#9B7067, #789B67, #67929B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9E2EC
Lighter +30%#D1C3D8
Lighter +20%#B9A5C3
Lighter +10%#A286AF
Darker −10%#6F527D
Darker −20%#543E5E
Darker −30%#382A3F
Darker −40%#1D1521
More saturated +25%#9548BB
Less saturated −25%#818181

Channel breakdown

R138
G103
B155
Red138 (54.1%)
Green103 (40.4%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue280.38°
Saturation (HSL)20.63%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8A · G 67 · B 9B

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