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Recognised as Colour

#8B52BF

  • #8B52BF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#8B52BF is a violet with RGB values 139, 82, 191 and HSL 271°, 46%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#8B52BF#8B52BF
HEX#8B52BF
RGBrgb(139, 82, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.3216, 0.749
RGB percentages54.5%, 32.2%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(271.4, 46%, 53.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.4, 57.1%, 74.9%)
CMYK27.2%, 57.1%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,130,687
CSS custom property--colour: #8B52BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15285WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.18:1
Contrast with white5.18:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#666666
Inverted#74AD40

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#286BC3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#3E6DBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original
Tritanopia#826781no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.18:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 12Slate blue · ΔE 12.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.3Medium orchid · ΔE 16.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 18.4Dark orchid · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 11.96, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#86BF52
Analogous#5452BF, #BF52BD
Triadic#BF8B52, #52BF8B
Split complementary#BDBF52, #52BF54
Tetradic#BF5452, #86BF52, #52BDBF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFE7F6
Lighter +30%#D6C2E8
Lighter +20%#BD9CDB
Lighter +10%#A477CD
Darker −10%#713CA2
Darker −20%#572E7D
Darker −30%#3D2058
Darker −40%#231332
More saturated +25%#8C34DD
Less saturated −25%#8A70A1

Channel breakdown

R139
G82
B191
Red139 (54.5%)
Green82 (32.2%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue271.38°
Saturation (HSL)45.99%
Lightness53.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G 52 · B BF

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