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Colour

#8B3CFF

  • #8B3CFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8B3CFF is a violet with RGB values 139, 60, 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

#8B3CFF#8B3CFF
HEX#8B3CFF
RGBrgb(139, 60, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.2353, 1
RGB percentages54.5%, 23.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(264.3, 100%, 61.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.3, 76.5%, 100%)
CMYK45.5%, 76.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,125,119
CSS custom property--colour: #8B3CFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15941WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.01:1
Contrast with white5.01:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B
Inverted#74C300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0071FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#006CFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Tritanopia#69729Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.01:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.8Dark violet · ΔE 16Medium blue · ΔE 23.6Dark orchid · ΔE 24.1Blue · ΔE 29.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 34.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.84, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B0FF3C
Analogous#3C4EFF, #ED3CFF
Triadic#FF8B3C, #3CFF8B
Split complementary#FFED3C, #4EFF3C
Tetradic#FF3C4E, #B0FF3C, #3CFFED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6D5FF
Lighter +20%#C8A2FF
Lighter +10%#A96FFF
Darker −10%#6D09FF
Darker −20%#5600D5
Darker −30%#4200A2
Darker −40%#2D006F
More saturated +25%#8B3CFF
Less saturated −25%#9054E7

Channel breakdown

R139
G60
B255
Red139 (54.5%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue264.31°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness61.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G 3C · B FF

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