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Recognised as Colour

#8C52FA

  • #8C52FA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8C52FA is a violet with RGB values 140, 82, 250 and HSL 261°, 94%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8C52FA#8C52FA
HEX#8C52FA
RGBrgb(140, 82, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.3216, 0.9804
RGB percentages54.9%, 32.2%, 98%
HSLhsl(260.7, 94.4%, 65.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.7, 67.2%, 98%)
CMYK44%, 67.2%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,196,282
CSS custom property--colour: #8C52FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18512WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness130.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.7:1
Contrast with white4.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.7:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#73AD05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0079FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0074F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.4 from the original
Tritanopia#6D7BA0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.47:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 13Dark orchid · ΔE 17.6Dark violet · ΔE 20.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.1Medium orchid · ΔE 28.2Slate blue · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 13.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C0FA52
Analogous#526CFA, #E052FA
Triadic#FA8C52, #52FA8C
Split complementary#FAE052, #6CFA52
Tetradic#FA526C, #C0FA52, #52FAE0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFE7FE
Lighter +20%#CEB5FD
Lighter +10%#AD84FB
Darker −10%#6B20F9
Darker −20%#5106E0
Darker −30%#3F05AE
Darker −40%#2D047C
More saturated +25%#8A4DFF
Less saturated −25%#9368E4

Channel breakdown

R140
G82
B250
Red140 (54.9%)
Green82 (32.2%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue260.71°
Saturation (HSL)94.38%
Lightness65.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G 52 · B FA

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