Colour

#8B00EE

#8B00EE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#8B00EE is a violet with RGB values 139, 0, 238 and HSL 275°, 100%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#8B00EE

RGBrgb(139, 0, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0, 0.9333

RGB percentages54.5%, 0%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(275, 100%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(275, 100%, 93.3%)

CMYK41.6%, 100%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,109,742

CSS custom property--colour: #8B00EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11662WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness110.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.3:1

Contrast with white6.3:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#74FF11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005FF3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#005EEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49 from the original

Tritanopia#735C8Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.33:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.3 Dark violet · ΔE 14.4 Medium blue · ΔE 22 Blue · ΔE 25.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 28.6 Fuchsia · ΔE 35.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#63EE00

Analogous#1400EE, #EE00DA

Triadic#EE8B00, #00EE8B

Split complementary#DAEE00, #00EE14

Tetradic#EE1400, #63EE00, #00DAEE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E3BBFF

Lighter +30%#CE88FF

Lighter +20%#B855FF

Lighter +10%#A322FF

Darker −10%#6D00BB

Darker −20%#4F0088

Darker −30%#320055

Darker −40%#140022

More saturated +25%#8B00EE

Less saturated −25%#861ED0

Channel breakdown

R139

B238

Red139 (54.5%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue275.04°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8B · G 00 · B EE

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