Recognised as Colour

#8B36FD

#8B36FD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#8B36FD is a violet with RGB values 139, 54, 253 and HSL 266°, 98%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8B36FD#8B36FD

HEX#8B36FD

RGBrgb(139, 54, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.2118, 0.9922

RGB percentages54.5%, 21.2%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(265.6, 98%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(265.6, 78.7%, 99.2%)

CMYK45.1%, 78.7%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,123,581

CSS custom property--colour: #8B36FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15219WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness121.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.19:1

Contrast with white5.19:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#565656

Inverted#74C902

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#006EFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#006AF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original

Tritanopia#6B6F9Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 87.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.04:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10.1 Dark violet · ΔE 15.4 Medium blue · ΔE 22.9 Dark orchid · ΔE 24.9 Blue · ΔE 28.5 Medium slateblue · ΔE 36.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A8FD36

Analogous#3644FD, #EF36FD

Triadic#FD8B36, #36FD8B

Split complementary#FDEE36, #45FD36

Tetradic#FD3644, #A8FD36, #36FDEF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E2CDFF

Lighter +20%#C59BFE

Lighter +10%#A868FE

Darker −10%#6E04FC

Darker −20%#5802CB

Darker −30%#420298

Darker −40%#2C0166

More saturated +25%#8B34FF

Less saturated −25%#8F4FE4

Channel breakdown

R139

G54

B253

Red139 (54.5%)

Green54 (21.2%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue265.63°

Saturation (HSL)98.03%

Lightness60.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8B · G 36 · B FD

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