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Recognised as Colour

#8C54E7

  • #8C54E7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#8C54E7 is a violet with RGB values 140, 84, 231 and HSL 263°, 75%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#8C54E7#8C54E7
HEX#8C54E7
RGBrgb(140, 84, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.3294, 0.9059
RGB percentages54.9%, 32.9%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(262.9, 75.4%, 61.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.9, 63.6%, 90.6%)
CMYK39.4%, 63.6%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,196,775
CSS custom property--colour: #8C54E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17686WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.63:1
Contrast with white4.63:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.54:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B
Inverted#73AB18

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0075ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0073E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.2 from the original
Tritanopia#767696no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.63:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 13Dark orchid · ΔE 14.3Blue violet · ΔE 19.5Slate blue · ΔE 19.9Medium orchid · ΔE 20.2Medium purple · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 12.96, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AFE754
Analogous#5465E7, #D654E7
Triadic#E78C54, #54E78C
Split complementary#E7D654, #65E754
Tetradic#E75465, #AFE754, #54E7D6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6DAFA
Lighter +20%#C8ADF4
Lighter +10%#AA81ED
Darker −10%#6E27E1
Darker −20%#571ABB
Darker −30%#42148E
Darker −40%#2E0E61
More saturated +25%#863CFF
Less saturated −25%#926CCF

Channel breakdown

R140
G84
B231
Red140 (54.9%)
Green84 (32.9%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue262.86°
Saturation (HSL)75.38%
Lightness61.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G 54 · B E7

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