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Recognised as Colour

#8B65E4

  • #8B65E4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#8B65E4 is a violet with RGB values 139, 101, 228 and HSL 258°, 70%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#8B65E4#8B65E4
HEX#8B65E4
RGBrgb(139, 101, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.3961, 0.8941
RGB percentages54.5%, 39.6%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(258, 70.2%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258, 55.7%, 89.4%)
CMYK39%, 55.7%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,135,588
CSS custom property--colour: #8B65E4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20398WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.08:1
Contrast with white4.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.08:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#767676
Inverted#749A1B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#247EE8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#307BE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Tritanopia#74809Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.13:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 6.4Slate blue · ΔE 10.3Medium purple · ΔE 11.8Royal blue · ΔE 18.7Medium orchid · ΔE 19.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 6.35, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BEE465
Analogous#657EE4, #CB65E4
Triadic#E48B65, #65E48B
Split complementary#E4CA65, #7FE465
Tetradic#E4657E, #BEE465, #65E4CB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDE7FB
Lighter +20%#CCBCF3
Lighter +10%#AC90EC
Darker −10%#6A3ADC
Darker −20%#5222C1
Darker −30%#3F1A96
Darker −40%#2D136A
More saturated +25%#824EFB
Less saturated −25%#947CCD

Channel breakdown

R139
G101
B228
Red139 (54.5%)
Green101 (39.6%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue257.95°
Saturation (HSL)70.17%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G 65 · B E4

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