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Recognised as Colour

#8C77EA

  • #8C77EA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#8C77EA is a blue with RGB values 140, 119, 234 and HSL 251°, 73%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#8C77EA#8C77EA
HEX#8C77EA
RGBrgb(140, 119, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.4667, 0.9176
RGB percentages54.9%, 46.7%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(251, 73.2%, 69.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(251, 49.1%, 91.8%)
CMYK40.2%, 49.1%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,205,738
CSS custom property--colour: #8C77EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2471WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.94:1
Contrast with white3.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.94:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#738815

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#488BEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#4986E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Tritanopia#728FA6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.53:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 6.1Slate blue · ΔE 11.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 12.4Royal blue · ΔE 15.8Medium orchid · ΔE 25.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 26.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 6.11, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D5EA77
Analogous#779BEA, #C677EA
Triadic#EA8C77, #77EA8C
Split complementary#EAC677, #9BEA77
Tetradic#EA779B, #D5EA77, #77EAC6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCFCFE
Lighter +20%#D7CFF8
Lighter +10%#B1A3F1
Darker −10%#674BE3
Darker −20%#4322D9
Darker −30%#361BAD
Darker −40%#281481
More saturated +25%#8063FE
Less saturated −25%#988BD6

Channel breakdown

R140
G119
B234
Red140 (54.9%)
Green119 (46.7%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue250.96°
Saturation (HSL)73.25%
Lightness69.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G 77 · B EA

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