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Recognised as Colour

#8C679D

  • #8C679D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#8C679D is a violet with RGB values 140, 103, 157 and HSL 281°, 22%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#8C679D#8C679D
HEX#8C679D
RGBrgb(140, 103, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.4039, 0.6157
RGB percentages54.9%, 40.4%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(281.1, 21.6%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.1, 34.4%, 61.6%)
CMYK10.8%, 34.4%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,201,565
CSS custom property--colour: #8C679D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1771WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.62:1
Contrast with white4.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.54:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#737373
Inverted#739862

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5F739Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#67769Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Tritanopia#8B6E7Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.62:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 25.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 26Medium purple · ΔE 29.6Slate grey · ΔE 30.4Steel blue · ΔE 30.5Light slate grey · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 25.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#789D67
Analogous#71679D, #9D6793
Triadic#9D8C67, #679D8C
Split complementary#939D67, #679D71
Tetradic#9D7167, #789D67, #67939D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAE3ED
Lighter +30%#D2C4D9
Lighter +20%#BBA5C5
Lighter +10%#A386B1
Darker −10%#71527F
Darker −20%#553E60
Darker −30%#3A2A41
Darker −40%#1E1622
More saturated +25%#9848BC
Less saturated −25%#828282

Channel breakdown

R140
G103
B157
Red140 (54.9%)
Green103 (40.4%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue281.11°
Saturation (HSL)21.6%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G 67 · B 9D

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