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Recognised as Colour

#8A6DC8

  • #8A6DC8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#8A6DC8 is a violet with RGB values 138, 109, 200 and HSL 259°, 45%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#8A6DC8#8A6DC8
HEX#8A6DC8
RGBrgb(138, 109, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.4275, 0.7843
RGB percentages54.1%, 42.7%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(259.1, 45.3%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.1, 45.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK31%, 45.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,072,072
CSS custom property--colour: #8A6DC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20511WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.1:1
Contrast with white4.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.1:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A
Inverted#759237

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#517DCBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#567CC6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original
Tritanopia#7D7E91no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.12:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9Slate blue · ΔE 16.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.2Royal blue · ΔE 22.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 23Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.04, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ABC86D
Analogous#6D7DC8, #B86DC8
Triadic#C88A6D, #6DC88A
Split complementary#C8B76D, #7DC86D
Tetradic#C86D7D, #ABC86D, #6DC8B8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E3DCF2
Lighter +20%#C5B7E4
Lighter +10%#A892D6
Darker −10%#6C48BA
Darker −20%#573996
Darker −30%#412B71
Darker −40%#2C1D4C
More saturated +25%#8154E1
Less saturated −25%#9386AF

Channel breakdown

R138
G109
B200
Red138 (54.1%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue259.12°
Saturation (HSL)45.27%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8A · G 6D · B C8

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