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Recognised as Colour

#8A6EFB

  • #8A6EFB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#8A6EFB is a blue with RGB values 138, 110, 251 and HSL 252°, 95%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#8A6EFB#8A6EFB
HEX#8A6EFB
RGBrgb(138, 110, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.4314, 0.9843
RGB percentages54.1%, 43.1%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(251.9, 94.6%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(251.9, 56.2%, 98.4%)
CMYK45%, 56.2%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,072,379
CSS custom property--colour: #8A6EFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2352WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.7:1
Contrast with white3.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.7:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#759104

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1088FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#1582F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Tritanopia#678DAAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.68:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 5.1Slate blue · ΔE 16.2Medium purple · ΔE 18.6Royal blue · ΔE 19.8Medium orchid · ΔE 24.5Dark orchid · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 5.08, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFFB6E
Analogous#6E98FB, #D16EFB
Triadic#FB8A6E, #6EFB8A
Split complementary#FBD16E, #98FB6E
Tetradic#FB6E98, #DFFB6E, #6EFBD1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DAD1FE
Lighter +10%#B2A0FC
Darker −10%#623CFA
Darker −20%#3A0BF8
Darker −30%#2D06CA
Darker −40%#220499
More saturated +25%#886AFF
Less saturated −25%#9581E8

Channel breakdown

R138
G110
B251
Red138 (54.1%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue251.91°
Saturation (HSL)94.63%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8A · G 6E · B FB

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