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Recognised as Colour

#8C60EC

  • #8C60EC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#8C60EC is a violet with RGB values 140, 96, 236 and HSL 259°, 79%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#8C60EC#8C60EC
HEX#8C60EC
RGBrgb(140, 96, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.3765, 0.9255
RGB percentages54.9%, 37.6%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(258.9, 78.7%, 65.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.9, 59.3%, 92.5%)
CMYK40.7%, 59.3%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,199,852
CSS custom property--colour: #8C60EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19997WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5:1
Contrast with white4.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#737373
Inverted#739F13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007DF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#1179E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original
Tritanopia#737F9Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.2:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 7.5Slate blue · ΔE 15.7Medium purple · ΔE 19Dark orchid · ΔE 19.2Medium orchid · ΔE 20.3Royal blue · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 7.52, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C0EC60
Analogous#607AEC, #D260EC
Triadic#EC8C60, #60EC8C
Split complementary#ECD260, #7AEC60
Tetradic#EC607A, #C0EC60, #60ECD2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFE9FC
Lighter +20%#CEBBF7
Lighter +10%#AD8EF1
Darker −10%#6B32E7
Darker −20%#5119CD
Darker −30%#3F13A0
Darker −40%#2D0E72
More saturated +25%#854DFF
Less saturated −25%#9476D6

Channel breakdown

R140
G96
B236
Red140 (54.9%)
Green96 (37.6%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue258.86°
Saturation (HSL)78.65%
Lightness65.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G 60 · B EC

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