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Colour

#8B60E1

  • #8B60E1
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#8B60E1 is a violet with RGB values 139, 96, 225 and HSL 260°, 68%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#8B60E1#8B60E1
HEX#8B60E1
RGBrgb(139, 96, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.3765, 0.8824
RGB percentages54.5%, 37.6%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(260, 68.3%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 57.3%, 88.2%)
CMYK38.2%, 57.3%, 0%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,134,305
CSS custom property--colour: #8B60E1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19291WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness130.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.86:1
Contrast with white4.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.86:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#727272
Inverted#749F1E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#167AE5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#2B78DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Tritanopia#767B97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.32:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 7.2Slate blue · ΔE 11.2Medium purple · ΔE 13.6Medium orchid · ΔE 18.6Royal blue · ΔE 20.2Dark orchid · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 7.16, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B6E160
Analogous#6076E1, #CB60E1
Triadic#E18B60, #60E18B
Split complementary#E1CB60, #76E160
Tetradic#E16076, #B6E160, #60E1CC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9E1F9
Lighter +20%#CAB6F1
Lighter +10%#AA8BE9
Darker −10%#6C35D9
Darker −20%#5523B8
Darker −30%#411B8D
Darker −40%#2D1362
More saturated +25%#8348F9
Less saturated −25%#9378C9

Channel breakdown

R139
G96
B225
Red139 (54.5%)
Green96 (37.6%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)68.25%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G 60 · B E1

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