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Recognised as Colour

#8A79BC

  • #8A79BC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#8A79BC is a violet with RGB values 138, 121, 188 and HSL 255°, 33%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#8A79BC#8A79BC
HEX#8A79BC
RGBrgb(138, 121, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.4745, 0.7373
RGB percentages54.1%, 47.5%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(255.2, 33.3%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.2, 35.6%, 73.7%)
CMYK26.6%, 35.6%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,075,132
CSS custom property--colour: #8A79BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22709WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.54:1
Contrast with white3.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.54:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#758643

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6784BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#6A82BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original
Tritanopia#808492no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.79:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.5Medium purple · ΔE 23.3Plum · ΔE 24.4Steel blue · ΔE 25.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 26.1Slate blue · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 21.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ABBC79
Analogous#7989BC, #AC79BC
Triadic#BC8A79, #79BC8A
Split complementary#BCAC79, #89BC79
Tetradic#BC798A, #ABBC79, #79BCAC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E3DFEF
Lighter +20%#C5BDDE
Lighter +10%#A89BCD
Darker −10%#6C57AB
Darker −20%#57458A
Darker −30%#413468
Darker −40%#2C2346
More saturated +25%#7E60D5
Less saturated −25%#9692A3

Channel breakdown

R138
G121
B188
Red138 (54.1%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue255.22°
Saturation (HSL)33.33%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8A · G 79 · B BC

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