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Recognised as Colour

#8C12FB

  • #8C12FB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8C12FB is a violet with RGB values 140, 18, 251 and HSL 271°, 97%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8C12FB#8C12FB
HEX#8C12FB
RGBrgb(140, 18, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.0706, 0.9843
RGB percentages54.9%, 7.1%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(271.4, 96.7%, 52.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.4, 92.8%, 98.4%)
CMYK44.2%, 92.8%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,179,899
CSS custom property--colour: #8C12FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12973WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.84:1
Contrast with white5.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D
Inverted#73ED04

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0065FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0062F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original
Tritanopia#6E6495no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 91.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.84:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.59:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 17.5Dark violet · ΔE 18.6Blue · ΔE 22.5Medium blue · ΔE 23Dark orchid · ΔE 32.3Fuchsia · ΔE 36.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 17.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#81FB12
Analogous#1812FB, #FB12F5
Triadic#FB8C12, #12FB8C
Split complementary#F5FB12, #12FB18
Tetradic#FB1812, #81FB12, #12F5FB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDDBFE
Lighter +30%#D5A8FE
Lighter +20%#BD76FD
Lighter +10%#A444FC
Darker −10%#7204D6
Darker −20%#5703A4
Darker −30%#3D0272
Darker −40%#220140
More saturated +25%#8C0EFF
Less saturated −25%#8B30DD

Channel breakdown

R140
G18
B251
Red140 (54.9%)
Green18 (7.1%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue271.42°
Saturation (HSL)96.68%
Lightness52.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G 12 · B FB

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