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Colour

#8C3FFF

  • #8C3FFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8C3FFF is a violet with RGB values 140, 63, 255 and HSL 264°, 100%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8C3FFF#8C3FFF
HEX#8C3FFF
RGBrgb(140, 63, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.2471, 1
RGB percentages54.9%, 24.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(264.1, 100%, 62.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.1, 75.3%, 100%)
CMYK45.1%, 75.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,191,423
CSS custom property--colour: #8C3FFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1635WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.92:1
Contrast with white4.92:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D
Inverted#73C000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0072FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#006DFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original
Tritanopia#6B749Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.92:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.27:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.4Dark violet · ΔE 16Dark orchid · ΔE 23.2Medium blue · ΔE 24.3Blue · ΔE 31.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 33.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.36, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B2FF3F
Analogous#3F52FF, #EC3FFF
Triadic#FF8C3F, #3FFF8C
Split complementary#FFEC3F, #52FF3F
Tetradic#FF3F52, #B2FF3F, #3FFFEC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E8D8FF
Lighter +20%#C9A5FF
Lighter +10%#AB72FF
Darker −10%#6D0CFF
Darker −20%#5700D8
Darker −30%#4200A5
Darker −40%#2E0072
More saturated +25%#8C3FFF
Less saturated −25%#9157E7

Channel breakdown

R140
G63
B255
Red140 (54.9%)
Green63 (24.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue264.06°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness62.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G 3F · B FF

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