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Recognised as Colour

#8B3CFE

  • #8B3CFE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8B3CFE is a violet with RGB values 139, 60, 254 and HSL 264°, 99%, 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

#8B3CFE#8B3CFE
HEX#8B3CFE
RGBrgb(139, 60, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.2353, 0.9961
RGB percentages54.5%, 23.5%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(264.4, 99%, 61.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.4, 76.4%, 99.6%)
CMYK45.3%, 76.4%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,125,118
CSS custom property--colour: #8B3CFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15876WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.03:1
Contrast with white5.03:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B
Inverted#74C301

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0070FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#006CFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Tritanopia#6A729Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.4Dark violet · ΔE 15.7Medium blue · ΔE 23.6Dark orchid · ΔE 23.7Blue · ΔE 30.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 34.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.42, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AFFE3C
Analogous#3C4EFE, #EC3CFE
Triadic#FE8B3C, #3CFE8B
Split complementary#FEEC3C, #4EFE3C
Tetradic#FE3C4E, #AFFE3C, #3CFEEC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6D4FF
Lighter +20%#C7A1FF
Lighter +10%#A96FFE
Darker −10%#6D09FE
Darker −20%#5701D3
Darker −30%#4201A0
Darker −40%#2D016D
More saturated +25%#8B3BFF
Less saturated −25%#9055E6

Channel breakdown

R139
G60
B254
Red139 (54.5%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue264.43°
Saturation (HSL)98.98%
Lightness61.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G 3C · B FE

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