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Colour

#8B3DFF

  • #8B3DFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8B3DFF is a violet with RGB values 139, 61, 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

#8B3DFF#8B3DFF
HEX#8B3DFF
RGBrgb(139, 61, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.2392, 1
RGB percentages54.5%, 23.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(264.1, 100%, 62%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.1, 76.1%, 100%)
CMYK45.5%, 76.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,125,375
CSS custom property--colour: #8B3DFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16046WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.99:1
Contrast with white4.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C
Inverted#74C200

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0071FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#006CFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original
Tritanopia#69739Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.99:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.7Dark violet · ΔE 16.1Medium blue · ΔE 23.8Dark orchid · ΔE 23.9Blue · ΔE 30.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 34.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.69, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B1FF3D
Analogous#3D50FF, #EC3DFF
Triadic#FF8B3D, #3DFF8B
Split complementary#FFEC3D, #50FF3D
Tetradic#FF3D50, #B1FF3D, #3DFFEC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6D6FF
Lighter +20%#C8A3FF
Lighter +10%#A970FF
Darker −10%#6D0AFF
Darker −20%#5600D6
Darker −30%#4200A3
Darker −40%#2D0070
More saturated +25%#8B3DFF
Less saturated −25%#9055E7

Channel breakdown

R139
G61
B255
Red139 (54.5%)
Green61 (23.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue264.12°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness61.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G 3D · B FF

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