Recognised as Colour

#8B31C6

#8B31C6
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark orchid

#8B31C6 is a violet with RGB values 139, 49, 198 and HSL 276°, 60%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#8B31C6

RGBrgb(139, 49, 198)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.1922, 0.7765

RGB percentages54.5%, 19.2%, 77.6%

HSLhsl(276.2, 60.3%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(276.2, 75.3%, 77.6%)

CMYK29.8%, 75.3%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,122,246

CSS custom property--colour: #8B31C6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11763WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness108 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.26:1

Contrast with white6.26:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F

Inverted#74CE39

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005DCAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#0061C3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.9 from the original

Tritanopia#81557Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 4.3 Blue violet · ΔE 16.2 Dark violet · ΔE 17.5 Medium orchid · ΔE 18.7 Dark magenta · ΔE 23.6 Indigo · ΔE 23.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 4.34, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6CC631

Analogous#4131C6, #C631B6

Triadic#C68B31, #31C68B

Split complementary#B6C631, #31C641

Tetradic#C64131, #6CC631, #31B6C6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E5D0F3

Lighter +30%#CFA7E9

Lighter +20%#B97EDF

Lighter +10%#A255D5

Darker −10%#6E279D

Darker −20%#521D74

Darker −30%#35134B

Darker −40%#180922

More saturated +25%#9112E5

Less saturated −25%#8550A7

Channel breakdown

R139

G49

B198

Red139 (54.5%)

Green49 (19.2%)

Blue198 (77.6%)

Hue276.24°

Saturation (HSL)60.32%

Lightness48.43%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8B · G 31 · B C6

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