Colour

#8B6295

#8B6295
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#8B6295 is a violet with RGB values 139, 98, 149 and HSL 288°, 21%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

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HEX#8B6295

RGBrgb(139, 98, 149)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.3843, 0.5843

RGB percentages54.5%, 38.4%, 58.4%

HSLhsl(288.2, 20.6%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(288.2, 34.2%, 58.4%)

CMYK6.7%, 34.2%, 0%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,134,741

CSS custom property--colour: #8B6295;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16394WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness118.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.91:1

Contrast with white4.91:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E

Inverted#749D6A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5C6E97no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original

Deuteranopia#657293no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original

Tritanopia#8C6875no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 26.5 Plum · ΔE 26.7 Slate grey · ΔE 30.5 Light slate grey · ΔE 31.1 Medium purple · ΔE 31.6 Pale violetred · ΔE 32.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 26.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#6C9562

Analogous#726295, #956286

Triadic#958B62, #62958B

Split complementary#869562, #629572

Tetradic#957262, #6C9562, #628695

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E5DBE8

Lighter +30%#CFBDD3

Lighter +20%#B99EBF

Lighter +10%#A27FAB

Darker −10%#6E4E76

Darker −20%#523A57

Darker −30%#352539

Darker −40%#18111A

More saturated +25%#9E43B4

Less saturated −25%#7C7C7C

Channel breakdown

R139

G98

B149

Red139 (54.5%)

Green98 (38.4%)

Blue149 (58.4%)

Hue288.24°

Saturation (HSL)20.65%

Lightness48.43%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8B · G 62 · B 95

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