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Recognised as Colour

#8B29DB

  • #8B29DB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8B29DB is a violet with RGB values 139, 41, 219 and HSL 273°, 71%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8B29DB#8B29DB
HEX#8B29DB
RGBrgb(139, 41, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.1608, 0.8588
RGB percentages54.5%, 16.1%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(273, 71.2%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273, 81.3%, 85.9%)
CMYK36.5%, 81.3%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,120,219
CSS custom property--colour: #8B29DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12189WCAG 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 6.11:1
Contrast with white6.11:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B
Inverted#74D624

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0060E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original
Deuteranopia#0061D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.1 from the original
Tritanopia#7A5B84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.11:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.44:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 3.1Dark violet · ΔE 7.6Dark orchid · ΔE 12.5Medium blue · ΔE 25.8Medium orchid · ΔE 29.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 3.08, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79DB29
Analogous#3229DB, #DB29D2
Triadic#DB8B29, #29DB8B
Split complementary#D2DB29, #29DB32
Tetradic#DB3229, #79DB29, #29D2DB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAD8F8
Lighter +30%#D2ACF1
Lighter +20%#BA80EA
Lighter +10%#A355E2
Darker −10%#701EB3
Darker −20%#551787
Darker −30%#390F5C
Darker −40%#1E0830
More saturated +25%#8E0AFA
Less saturated −25%#8848BC

Channel breakdown

R139
G41
B219
Red139 (54.5%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue273.03°
Saturation (HSL)71.2%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G 29 · B DB

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