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Recognised as Colour

#8B4EFB

  • #8B4EFB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8B4EFB is a violet with RGB values 139, 78, 251 and HSL 261°, 96%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8B4EFB#8B4EFB
HEX#8B4EFB
RGBrgb(139, 78, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.3059, 0.9843
RGB percentages54.5%, 30.6%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(261.2, 95.6%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.2, 68.9%, 98.4%)
CMYK44.6%, 68.9%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,129,723
CSS custom property--colour: #8B4EFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17903WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.58:1
Contrast with white4.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#676767
Inverted#74B104

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0077FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0072F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Tritanopia#6B7A9Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.2Dark orchid · ΔE 18.4Dark violet · ΔE 19Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.8Medium blue · ΔE 28.9Medium orchid · ΔE 30.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.21, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BEFB4E
Analogous#4E68FB, #E14EFB
Triadic#FB8B4E, #4EFB8B
Split complementary#FBE24E, #67FB4E
Tetradic#FB4E68, #BEFB4E, #4EFBE1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDE4FE
Lighter +20%#CCB2FD
Lighter +10%#AC80FC
Darker −10%#6A1CFA
Darker −20%#5205DE
Darker −30%#3F04AC
Darker −40%#2D037A
More saturated +25%#8A4AFF
Less saturated −25%#9265E4

Channel breakdown

R139
G78
B251
Red139 (54.5%)
Green78 (30.6%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue261.16°
Saturation (HSL)95.58%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G 4E · B FB

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