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Colour

#8A6FC9

  • #8A6FC9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#8A6FC9 is a violet with RGB values 138, 111, 201 and HSL 258°, 45%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#8A6FC9#8A6FC9
HEX#8A6FC9
RGBrgb(138, 111, 201)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.4353, 0.7882
RGB percentages54.1%, 43.5%, 78.8%
HSLhsl(258, 45.5%, 61.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258, 44.8%, 78.8%)
CMYK31.3%, 44.8%, 0%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,072,585
CSS custom property--colour: #8A6FC9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20989WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.2:1
Contrast with white4.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.2:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B
Inverted#759036

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#537FCCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#587DC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Tritanopia#7C8092no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.04:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.7Slate blue · ΔE 17.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.5Royal blue · ΔE 23Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 24
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.68, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AEC96F
Analogous#6F81C9, #B76FC9
Triadic#C98A6F, #6FC98A
Split complementary#C9B76F, #81C96F
Tetradic#C96F81, #AEC96F, #6FC9B7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E4DEF3
Lighter +20%#C6B9E5
Lighter +10%#A894D7
Darker −10%#6C4ABB
Darker −20%#563999
Darker −30%#412B74
Darker −40%#2C1D4F
More saturated +25%#8056E2
Less saturated −25%#9488B0

Channel breakdown

R138
G111
B201
Red138 (54.1%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue201 (78.8%)
Hue258°
Saturation (HSL)45.45%
Lightness61.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8A · G 6F · B C9

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