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Colour

#8B3BFF

  • #8B3BFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8B3BFF is a violet with RGB values 139, 59, 255 and HSL 264°, 100%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8B3BFF#8B3BFF
HEX#8B3BFF
RGBrgb(139, 59, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.2314, 1
RGB percentages54.5%, 23.1%, 100%
HSLhsl(264.5, 100%, 61.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.5, 76.9%, 100%)
CMYK45.5%, 76.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,124,863
CSS custom property--colour: #8B3BFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15837WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.04:1
Contrast with white5.04:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A
Inverted#74C400

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0070FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#006CFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original
Tritanopia#69729Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 87 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10Dark violet · ΔE 16Medium blue · ΔE 23.5Dark orchid · ΔE 24.4Blue · ΔE 29.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 35.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AFFF3B
Analogous#3B4DFF, #ED3BFF
Triadic#FF8B3B, #3BFF8B
Split complementary#FFED3B, #4DFF3B
Tetradic#FF3B4D, #AFFF3B, #3BFFED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6D4FF
Lighter +20%#C7A1FF
Lighter +10%#A96EFF
Darker −10%#6D08FF
Darker −20%#5700D4
Darker −30%#4200A1
Darker −40%#2D006E
More saturated +25%#8B3BFF
Less saturated −25%#9054E7

Channel breakdown

R139
G59
B255
Red139 (54.5%)
Green59 (23.1%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue264.49°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness61.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G 3B · B FF

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