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Recognised as Colour

#8B6DCB

  • #8B6DCB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#8B6DCB is a violet with RGB values 139, 109, 203 and HSL 259°, 47%, 61%. 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 purple.

Colour values

#8B6DCB#8B6DCB
HEX#8B6DCB
RGBrgb(139, 109, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.4275, 0.7961
RGB percentages54.5%, 42.7%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(259.1, 47.5%, 61.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.1, 46.3%, 79.6%)
CMYK31.5%, 46.3%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,137,611
CSS custom property--colour: #8B6DCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20738WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.15:1
Contrast with white4.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.15:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A
Inverted#749234

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4F7ECEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#557DC9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Tritanopia#7D7E92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.08:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 7.4Slate blue · ΔE 15.4Royal blue · ΔE 21.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 7.37, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ADCB6D
Analogous#6D7ECB, #BA6DCB
Triadic#CB8B6D, #6DCB8B
Split complementary#CBBA6D, #7ECB6D
Tetradic#CB6D7E, #ADCB6D, #6DCBBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E5DEF3
Lighter +20%#C7B8E6
Lighter +10%#A993D8
Darker −10%#6D47BE
Darker −20%#57379B
Darker −30%#422A75
Darker −40%#2D1C50
More saturated +25%#8254E4
Less saturated −25%#9486B2

Channel breakdown

R139
G109
B203
Red139 (54.5%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue259.15°
Saturation (HSL)47.47%
Lightness61.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G 6D · B CB

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