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Recognised as Colour

#8C41FC

  • #8C41FC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8C41FC is a violet with RGB values 140, 65, 252 and HSL 264°, 97%, 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

#8C41FC#8C41FC
HEX#8C41FC
RGBrgb(140, 65, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.2549, 0.9882
RGB percentages54.9%, 25.5%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(264.1, 96.9%, 62.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.1, 74.2%, 98.8%)
CMYK44.4%, 74.2%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,191,932
CSS custom property--colour: #8C41FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16384WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.91:1
Contrast with white4.91:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#73BE03

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0072FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#006EF8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original
Tritanopia#6C739Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.91:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.2Dark violet · ΔE 15.6Dark orchid · ΔE 21.2Medium blue · ΔE 24.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 31.2Blue · ΔE 33.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.24, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B1FC41
Analogous#4154FC, #E941FC
Triadic#FC8C41, #41FC8C
Split complementary#FCEA41, #53FC41
Tetradic#FC4154, #B1FC41, #41FCE9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7D8FE
Lighter +20%#C9A5FE
Lighter +10%#AA73FD
Darker −10%#6E0FFB
Darker −20%#5703D4
Darker −30%#4203A1
Darker −40%#2E026F
More saturated +25%#8B3EFF
Less saturated −25%#9159E4

Channel breakdown

R140
G65
B252
Red140 (54.9%)
Green65 (25.5%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue264.06°
Saturation (HSL)96.89%
Lightness62.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G 41 · B FC

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