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Colour

#8C7DA8

  • #8C7DA8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8C7DA8 is a violet with RGB values 140, 125, 168 and HSL 261°, 20%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8C7DA8#8C7DA8
HEX#8C7DA8
RGBrgb(140, 125, 168)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.4902, 0.6588
RGB percentages54.9%, 49%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(260.9, 19.8%, 57.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.9, 25.6%, 65.9%)
CMYK16.7%, 25.6%, 0%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,207,208
CSS custom property--colour: #8C7DA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2307WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.61:1
Contrast with white3.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#738257

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7484AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#7784A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Tritanopia#87838Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.74:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 19.5Slate grey · ΔE 19.8Steel blue · ΔE 22.1Gray · ΔE 25.4Plum · ΔE 25.6Thistle · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 19.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99A87D
Analogous#7D84A8, #A27DA8
Triadic#A88C7D, #7DA88C
Split complementary#A8A27D, #84A87D
Tetradic#A87D83, #99A87D, #7DA8A2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8F7FA
Lighter +30%#DDD9E5
Lighter +20%#C2BAD1
Lighter +10%#A79CBC
Darker −10%#726191
Darker −20%#5A4D72
Darker −30%#423854
Darker −40%#2A2435
More saturated +25%#8462C3
Less saturated −25%#939393

Channel breakdown

R140
G125
B168
Red140 (54.9%)
Green125 (49%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue260.93°
Saturation (HSL)19.82%
Lightness57.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G 7D · B A8

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