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Recognised as Colour

#8B36FF

  • #8B36FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8B36FF is a violet with RGB values 139, 54, 255 and HSL 265°, 100%, 61%. 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

#8B36FF#8B36FF
HEX#8B36FF
RGBrgb(139, 54, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.2118, 1
RGB percentages54.5%, 21.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(265.4, 100%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.4, 78.8%, 100%)
CMYK45.5%, 78.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,123,583
CSS custom property--colour: #8B36FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15347WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.16:1
Contrast with white5.16:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#575757
Inverted#74C900

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006FFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44 from the original
Deuteranopia#006AFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Tritanopia#69709Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.16:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.1Dark violet · ΔE 16.1Medium blue · ΔE 22.9Dark orchid · ΔE 25.9Blue · ΔE 27.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 37.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.06, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AAFF36
Analogous#3646FF, #F036FF
Triadic#FF8B36, #36FF8B
Split complementary#FFEF36, #46FF36
Tetradic#FF3645, #AAFF36, #36FFF0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E3CFFF
Lighter +20%#C69CFF
Lighter +10%#A869FF
Darker −10%#6E03FF
Darker −20%#5800CF
Darker −30%#42009C
Darker −40%#2C0069
More saturated +25%#8B36FF
Less saturated −25%#8F4FE6

Channel breakdown

R139
G54
B255
Red139 (54.5%)
Green54 (21.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue265.37°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G 36 · B FF

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