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Recognised as Colour

#8C32CB

  • #8C32CB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#8C32CB is a violet with RGB values 140, 50, 203 and HSL 275°, 60%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#8C32CB#8C32CB
HEX#8C32CB
RGBrgb(140, 50, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.1961, 0.7961
RGB percentages54.9%, 19.6%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(275.3, 60.5%, 49.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.3, 75.4%, 79.6%)
CMYK31%, 75.4%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,188,043
CSS custom property--colour: #8C32CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12168WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.12:1
Contrast with white6.12:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#505050
Inverted#73CD34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005FCFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0062C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.5 from the original
Tritanopia#81587Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.12:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.43:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 4.1Blue violet · ΔE 14.1Dark violet · ΔE 15.8Medium orchid · ΔE 19.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.2Indigo · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 4.1, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#71CB32
Analogous#3F32CB, #CB32BE
Triadic#CB8C32, #32CB8C
Split complementary#BECB32, #32CB3F
Tetradic#CB3F32, #71CB32, #32BECB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7D4F5
Lighter +30%#D1ACEA
Lighter +20%#BA83E0
Lighter +10%#A35AD6
Darker −10%#7028A2
Darker −20%#541E79
Darker −30%#371450
Darker −40%#1B0A27
More saturated +25%#9212EB
Less saturated −25%#8652AB

Channel breakdown

R140
G50
B203
Red140 (54.9%)
Green50 (19.6%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue275.29°
Saturation (HSL)60.47%
Lightness49.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G 32 · B CB

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