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Recognised as Colour

#8C4AAA

  • #8C4AAA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#8C4AAA is a violet with RGB values 140, 74, 170 and HSL 281°, 39%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#8C4AAA#8C4AAA
HEX#8C4AAA
RGBrgb(140, 74, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.2902, 0.6667
RGB percentages54.9%, 29%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(281.3, 39.3%, 47.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.3, 56.5%, 66.7%)
CMYK17.6%, 56.5%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,194,154
CSS custom property--colour: #8C4AAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13375WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.71:1
Contrast with white5.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#73B555

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3063ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#4768A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Tritanopia#895A73no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.71:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.68:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 12.5Medium purple · ΔE 16.9Slate blue · ΔE 19.3Medium orchid · ΔE 19.4Purple · ΔE 20.4Dark magenta · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 12.5, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#68AA4A
Analogous#5C4AAA, #AA4A98
Triadic#AA8C4A, #4AAA8C
Split complementary#98AA4A, #4AAA5C
Tetradic#AA5C4A, #68AA4A, #4A98AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5D4EC
Lighter +30%#CFB0DD
Lighter +20%#B98DCD
Lighter +10%#A369BE
Darker −10%#6F3B86
Darker −20%#512B63
Darker −30%#341C3F
Darker −40%#170C1C
More saturated +25%#972BC8
Less saturated −25%#81698B

Channel breakdown

R140
G74
B170
Red140 (54.9%)
Green74 (29%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue281.25°
Saturation (HSL)39.34%
Lightness47.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G 4A · B AA

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