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Recognised as Colour

#8B26CA

  • #8B26CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#8B26CA is a violet with RGB values 139, 38, 202 and HSL 277°, 68%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#8B26CA#8B26CA
HEX#8B26CA
RGBrgb(139, 38, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.149, 0.7922
RGB percentages54.5%, 14.9%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(277, 68.3%, 47.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277, 81.2%, 79.2%)
CMYK31.2%, 81.2%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,119,434
CSS custom property--colour: #8B26CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11139WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.51:1
Contrast with white6.51:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#474747
Inverted#74D935

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005ACEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#005FC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.8 from the original
Tritanopia#80527Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.51:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 6Blue violet · ΔE 10.8Dark violet · ΔE 11.4Medium orchid · ΔE 23.4Indigo · ΔE 26.9Dark magenta · ΔE 27.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 6.05, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#65CA26
Analogous#3926CA, #CA26B7
Triadic#CA8B26, #26CA8B
Split complementary#B7CA26, #26CA39
Tetradic#CA3926, #65CA26, #26B7CA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3C7F5
Lighter +30%#CE9DEC
Lighter +20%#B872E4
Lighter +10%#A347DC
Darker −10%#6D1E9F
Darker −20%#501674
Darker −30%#320E49
Darker −40%#15061E
More saturated +25%#9208E8
Less saturated −25%#8444AC

Channel breakdown

R139
G38
B202
Red139 (54.5%)
Green38 (14.9%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue276.95°
Saturation (HSL)68.33%
Lightness47.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G 26 · B CA

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