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Recognised as Colour

#8B00FB

  • #8B00FB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8B00FB is a violet with RGB values 139, 0, 251 and HSL 273°, 100%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8B00FB#8B00FB
HEX#8B00FB
RGBrgb(139, 0, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0, 0.9843
RGB percentages54.5%, 0%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(273.2, 100%, 49.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.2, 100%, 98.4%)
CMYK44.6%, 100%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,109,755
CSS custom property--colour: #8B00FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12454WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.02:1
Contrast with white6.02:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#303030
Inverted#74FF04

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0063FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0060F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original
Tritanopia#6D6294no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 92.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.02:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.49:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 19.8Dark violet · ΔE 20.3Blue · ΔE 21.3Medium blue · ΔE 23.4Dark orchid · ΔE 34.4Fuchsia · ΔE 37.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 19.77, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#70FB00
Analogous#0E00FB, #FB00ED
Triadic#FB8B00, #00FB8B
Split complementary#EDFB00, #00FB0E
Tetradic#FB0E00, #70FB00, #00EDFB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6C8FF
Lighter +30%#D095FF
Lighter +20%#B962FF
Lighter +10%#A22FFF
Darker −10%#6F00C8
Darker −20%#530095
Darker −30%#360062
Darker −40%#1A002F
More saturated +25%#8B00FB
Less saturated −25%#881FDC

Channel breakdown

R139
G0
B251
Red139 (54.5%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue273.23°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness49.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G 00 · B FB

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