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Colour

#8A6BC6

  • #8A6BC6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#8A6BC6 is a violet with RGB values 138, 107, 198 and HSL 260°, 44%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#8A6BC6#8A6BC6
HEX#8A6BC6
RGBrgb(138, 107, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.4196, 0.7765
RGB percentages54.1%, 42%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(260.4, 44.4%, 59.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.4, 46%, 77.6%)
CMYK30.3%, 46%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,071,558
CSS custom property--colour: #8A6BC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19996WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5:1
Contrast with white4.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#787878
Inverted#759439

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4F7CC9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#557BC4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Tritanopia#7D7C8Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.2:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9Slate blue · ΔE 16.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.2Royal blue · ΔE 23.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 24
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.02, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A7C66B
Analogous#6B7AC6, #B76BC6
Triadic#C68A6B, #6BC68A
Split complementary#C6B76B, #7AC66B
Tetradic#C66B7A, #A7C66B, #6BC6B7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFEFF
Lighter +30%#E1D9F1
Lighter +20%#C4B5E2
Lighter +10%#A790D4
Darker −10%#6D47B7
Darker −20%#573893
Darker −30%#412A6E
Darker −40%#2B1C49
More saturated +25%#8251E0
Less saturated −25%#9285AC

Channel breakdown

R138
G107
B198
Red138 (54.1%)
Green107 (42%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue260.44°
Saturation (HSL)44.39%
Lightness59.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8A · G 6B · B C6

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