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Recognised as Colour

#8C29FF

  • #8C29FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8C29FF is a violet with RGB values 140, 41, 255 and HSL 268°, 100%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8C29FF#8C29FF
HEX#8C29FF
RGBrgb(140, 41, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.1608, 1
RGB percentages54.9%, 16.1%, 100%
HSLhsl(267.8, 100%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.8, 83.9%, 100%)
CMYK45.1%, 83.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,185,791
CSS custom property--colour: #8C29FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14381WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.42:1
Contrast with white5.42:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D
Inverted#73D600

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006BFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0067FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.8 from the original
Tritanopia#6C6B99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 90.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.42:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.88:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.4Dark violet · ΔE 17.3Medium blue · ΔE 22.7Blue · ΔE 24.5Dark orchid · ΔE 29.4Fuchsia · ΔE 36.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9CFF29
Analogous#2931FF, #F729FF
Triadic#FF8C29, #29FF8C
Split complementary#FFF729, #31FF29
Tetradic#FF2931, #9CFF29, #29FFF7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAF5FF
Lighter +30%#DEC2FF
Lighter +20%#C38FFF
Lighter +10%#A75CFF
Darker −10%#7100F5
Darker −20%#5A00C2
Darker −30%#42008F
Darker −40%#2B005C
More saturated +25%#8C29FF
Less saturated −25%#8E44E4

Channel breakdown

R140
G41
B255
Red140 (54.9%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue267.76°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G 29 · B FF

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