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Recognised as Colour

#8A81EA

  • #8A81EA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#8A81EA is a blue with RGB values 138, 129, 234 and HSL 245°, 71%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#8A81EA#8A81EA
HEX#8A81EA
RGBrgb(138, 129, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.5059, 0.9176
RGB percentages54.1%, 50.6%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(245.1, 71.4%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(245.1, 44.9%, 91.8%)
CMYK41%, 44.9%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,077,226
CSS custom property--colour: #8A81EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27044WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.41:1
Contrast with white3.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.41:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#757E15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5A91EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#578BE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Tritanopia#6E96AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.28:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.3Slate blue · ΔE 16.5Royal blue · ΔE 17.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.26, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E1EA81
Analogous#81ADEA, #BE81EA
Triadic#EA8A81, #81EA8A
Split complementary#EABE81, #ADEA81
Tetradic#EA81AD, #E1EA81, #81EABE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DBD8F9
Lighter +10%#B3ADF1
Darker −10%#6155E3
Darker −20%#392ADB
Darker −30%#2B1EB4
Darker −40%#201788
More saturated +25%#7B6FFC
Less saturated −25%#9993D8

Channel breakdown

R138
G129
B234
Red138 (54.1%)
Green129 (50.6%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue245.14°
Saturation (HSL)71.43%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8A · G 81 · B EA

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